Re: Tesla's Wireless Power Transmission ==> was Re: Non-tech Qu

To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
Subject: Re: Tesla's Wireless Power Transmission ==> was Re: Non-tech Qu
From: "Dan Kunkel" <kunk77-at-juno-dot-com> (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>)
Date: Fri, 19 May 2000 18:52:14 -0600
Approved: twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net
Delivered-To: fixup-tesla-at-pupman-dot-com-at-fixme

Benkanosan,

You're right about the inverse square law (i = 1 / r * r ) aplying to
Tesla Coils. The fact is, they due make lousy radio transmitters. But,
fortunately that is not how Tesla envisioned them to operate. He wanted
them to pump low frequency  current into the earth at the earth's natural
resonance. To recieve your electrical service, you pound a ground rod in
the ground and tune your "recieving coil" to the same freq. And viola,
you have power. Many coilers have done this experiment and proved that it
does work, even at RF currents.

Tesla also knew and proved that gas under low pressure (or "rarified gas"
as he called it) was indeed very cunducting. In fact just as conducting
as a wire (if not more efficient). That is why that neon sign
transformers are current limited, a neon sign tube is an almost perfect
dead short. So with this in mind, he wanted to excite the ionisphere (or
the Schuman cavity as we know it today). The Schuman cavity has a natural
and proven resonance.

Of course the only way to get all the upper atmosphere to conduct is to
excite it with lots of voltage and at RF (then and only then will it be a
good conductor).  He saw this method of power distribution as much more
efficient than the current 60 Hz power grid that was already adopted by
the world (which he devoloped too!). To  get all the wonderful RF juice
up in the air, he wanted to use either a long copper wire (or antenna)
attached to a large balloon that would terminate in the ionisphere, OR
"shine" a UV beam straight up into the atmosphere. That would be a
perfect conducting channel. The spark gap in a Tesla Coil uses this same
"plasma channel" to send current through the air between the gaps.

So you see, the signal is tuned to natural resonances, it does not rely
on EM radiation which IS hampered by the inverse square law.

Dan
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