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Re: Wireless Energy Transmission (fix error in speed of light)




> Original Poster: "Jim Lux" <jimlux-at-jpl.nasa.gov> 
> An EM wave travels around the earth 7 times a second - or there 
> > abouts(dont remember the exact number).
> That's right... about 40,000 km around the earth, and EM propagates at
> 800,000 km/sec

OOPS, typo... 3E8 meters/sec 300,000 km/sec (actually, 2.997 E8 is an
accepted value, but, everyone uses 3E8)
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