Validating the "Tesla Effect"

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Original poster: "Gary Peterson" <g.peterson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>


> Original poster: Ed Phillips <evp@xxxxxxxxxxx>

>    Perhaps you should define the "Tesla effect" before the 
> discussion continues.

Tesla Effect: The wireless transmission of electrical energy between 
a Tesla coil transmitter and a Tesla receiving transformer.  The 
transfer of energy from the transmitter and the receiver is by 
electrical current flowing through the earth between the two ground 
terminals, and a combination of both electrostatic induction and 
electrical conduction through plasma between the two elevated 
terminals.  The plasma may contain an embedded magnetic field.  The 
energy transfer does not involve electromagnetic radiation or radio 
waves as defined in the narrowest sense of the terms, that is, 
far-field electromagnetic waves that have closed back upon themselves 
and are no longer associated with the launching structure and have 
their E- and H-field components in phase.  Radio waves are not 
directly involved with the transmission of energy between the 
transmitting and receiving stations; they constitute a mechanism for 
the loss of electrical energy from the entire resonating system 
comprised of both the transmitter and the receiver.

See also http://www.tfcbooks.com/mainpage/glossary.htm#Tesla_coil_transmitter

> . . . see if the signal at the receiving site could be detected by a 
> receiver with a loop antenna, floating several feet in the air.

This is a great idea for the radio-wave receiver antenna.  I've 
placed it at the top of my radio wave receiving antenna list.

>    What causes any signals received at distances which aren't 
> multiples of the wavelength?

In writing "The separation  between the TC transmitter site and the 
receiving site has to be a multiple wavelength distance" the point 
was that the distance has to be great, that is, far out beyond the 
near field.  It is possible if the TC transmitter were to be powerful 
enough to excite earth resonance, then maxima and minima might be 
observed across the earth's surface.

>    What would you connect to the top of the [receiver's] resonator?

An elevated terminal capacity.  Here is my definition of the Tesla 
receiving transformer: A grounded resonance transformer specifically 
intended for the reception of energy transmitted by a Tesla coil 
transmitter.  The apparatus consists of a vertical helical resonator 
primary winding with the bottom terminal connected to ground and the 
top terminal an elevated terminal capacity.  Tuning is accomplished 
by modifying either the height or surface area of the elevated 
terminal, and adjusting the value of a small self inductance inserted 
into the antenna circuit at the bottom of the resonator.

> . . . In thinking about all of this I suggest you defend Tesla by a 
> simple dissertation . . .

Please see www.teslaradio.com .

> . . . In a given situation how could one discover which was causing 
> a measured voltage in the receiving resonator?  Ed

If the energy from a Tesla coil transmitter energy source can be 
received by a Tesla receiving transformer, but cannot be received by 
a radio antenna and receiver capable of detecting only radio waves 
then it stands to reason that radio waves are not involved in the 
energy transfer process.

That's all I have to say for now.

Gary