Re: SSTC As a transmitter.

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Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <Mddeming-at-aol-dot-com>

In a message dated 7/29/02 11:07:58 PM Eastern Daylight Time, tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
writes:


>
> .  On top of all of that, the
> resonant frequency is a function of the capacitance loading on the
> secondary, which in turn is a function of the "conducting layer" which
> Tesla proposed to use for one leg of his transmission circuits.  That
> height varies by as much as 2:1 from day to night, and under differing
> solar flux.  Since Tesla was intimately familiar with the application of
> resonance, it's puzzling that he never mentions the tuning problem in
> any of his publications.



However, Tesla was totally UNaware of the of the ionosphere, the existence of
which was not established until a decade after Wardenclyffe was demolished. He
was referring to a conductive layer which he theorized existed in the upper
troposphere (12-15 miles). According to what was known at that time, the air at
an altitude of 50 to 150 miles (the actual ionosphere) would have been far too
thin for his transmission needs. 
       As for his not mentioning the resonance problem, since the devices
mentioned in the patents 645,576, 649,621, and 1,119,732 were never constructed
and operated, Tesla was not aware that there was a question with atmospheric
behavior to be answered. 
It is a common mistake to read later technology and understanding into an
earlier historical period. 
Matt D.