Re: Tesla myths corrected - Best text? (fwd)

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Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2007 08:09:52 -0400
From: Dave Pierson <davep@xxxxxxxx>
To: Tesla list <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Tesla myths corrected - Best text? (fwd)

 
>Subject: Re: Tesla myths corrected - Best text? (fwd)
>
>> "In God we [trust]. . . . all others must bring data."
>
>     In regards to Tesla's assertion that the connection between a Tesla 
>coil RF transmitter and a Tesla coil RF receiver is NOT by means of "radio 
>waves," it turns out that TESLA WAS RIGHT.  The historical record shows that 
>wireless transmission that did not involve far-field electromagnetic 
>radiation was achieved in 1899 over a distance of 16.1 kilometers (10 
>miles).  Based upon the 100 kHz operating frequency that Tesla is known to 
>have used at Colorado Springs (CSN, Sept. 7, 1899), this works out to a 
>distance of approximately 5 1/3 wavelengths and thus fairly deep into the 
>far-field zone.
    How is it known that this was not 'radio waves'?
    How much power was received?

     best
      dwp