Re: Tesla Coil RF Transmitter

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Original poster: Ed Phillips <evp@xxxxxxxxxxx>

"With a sufficiently powerful
transmitter this phenomenon repeats itself over
and over until the antipode is reached, at which
point reflection takes place and the transmitted
energy begins to travel back to its point of origin in the reverse
direction.

Gary Peterson"

	Unfortunately, you're neglecting the losses in this process, which are
the same as those which cause the very low Q of the Schumann
resonances.  No matter how much power you transmit, the reflections from
the antipode will be negligible.  Some guys claim the Q is really higher
but neglect the fact that the imagined path doesn't have the same length
or propagation velocity in all directions, due both to the earth's shape
and the variation in the index of refraction of the atmosphere.

Ed