Re: [Phys-l] induced electric field

[Jack Uretsky <jlu@hep.anl.gov>]

is not that hard, or was not that hard?
				Regards,
					Jack


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On Wed, 25 Nov 2009, Brian Whatcott wrote:

> With a peak emitted power of hundreds of watts in the VHF, that
> initial demonstration is not that hard to replicate, if the antennae are
> close....
>
> Brian W
>
> Jack Uretsky wrote:
> > Methinks it is not that simple.  The fields sare usually generated in an
> > enclosed space, and the effect of the boundaries are crucial.  Antenna
> > design is one of the higher arts.
> >  	I had a taste of this one evening when another teacher and I,
> > fooling around in the lab, tried to duplicate the settup where Hertz
> > discovered radio waves.  We never succeeded, even with a copy of sthe
> > famous Britannica article describing his setup.
> >  					Regards,
> >  						Jack
>
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