Re: Tesla Coil RF Transmitter

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Original poster: "Malcolm Watts" <m.j.watts@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

On 14 Sep 2005, at 20:37, Tesla list wrote:

> Original poster: stork <stork@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Paul,
>
> Thanks for you post.  As always, it was interesting.
>
> >The bottom line is - there's no magic way to excite a current at the
> >receiver without projecting a field to the receiver.  Even if you
> >make a current by shovelling charge into a lorry (truck!) and drive
> >it to the receiver, I will show that the energy conveyed is
> >represented by the EM field of that charge.  (In such a case, the
> >work of the lorry goes into the field as it has to drag the load of
> >charge away from the equal and opposite amount of charge left behind
> >at the transmitter.)
>
> Of course, I respectfully disagree with all such pedantic and
> absolute statements.  But, that's one of the major entertainments of
> the Tesla list.  Isn't it?
>
> So, if one takes a charged macroscopic body and waves it
> longitudnally back and forth a longitudinal time variable electric
> field is produced.  This field is a variable E field (sans magnetic
> field) and may be received at a distance by various methods empolying
> dielectrics in the receiver.  Real energy is conveyed.  If in doubt,
> this is an experimentally proven fact that you may wish to reproduce
> for youself.
>
> In this electrostatic event energy is surely transferred without the
> benefit of a magnetic field or current.  If you see it otherwise,
> please produce the experiment.
>
> Regards,
>
> Stork

Doesn't a moving charge or charged body generate a magnetic field
component?

Malcolm