... Perhaps. ... Perhaps this was done, and not yet documented? Perhaps the destruction was for PR ('See us take action') purposes. ... Welllll. Tall. Run a...
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dave pierson
oddjob1947
Jun 1, 2010 9:43 am
[Just to provide summat vaguely concrete... 8)>> Extracted...] ...Charlottesville, Va. W. Bernard Carlson, professor of science, technology, and society at...
24934
dave pierson
oddjob1947
Jun 1, 2010 10:03 am
... Patent's are issued for things that my work. Of those that work, some may be useful, ...laser...etc....ionized beam patents... Yep. 20ish years old. Only...
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Bill
vanvonu
Jun 1, 2010 2:56 pm
All conductors, even superconductors, are lossy....
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dave pierson
oddjob1947
Jun 1, 2010 4:18 pm
... Ionized gasses are more lossy than, eg copper, Aluminum, etc. Supercoductors, gets a bit complexicated. As i understand it, while conducting: ZERO as in...
24937
McGalliard, Frederick B
freddyboy_9
Jun 1, 2010 6:50 pm
Welllllll! Recall that the first demo of this used a ring of lead (I think) in LH2 that was "charged" in one country (France?) and carried by train and boat...
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McGalliard, Frederick B
freddyboy_9
Jun 1, 2010 6:55 pm
Everybody likes to pick on the IRS constitutional issues. Not sure how that should play, but it appears to be just one of many many many details of our...
24939
McGalliard, Frederick B
freddyboy_9
Jun 1, 2010 7:08 pm
"All of which are more or less lossy, and all more lossy than, say, copper." Bit more careful. The ionosphere is a lot more resistive than copper, per square...
24940
McGalliard, Frederick B
freddyboy_9
Jun 1, 2010 7:18 pm
Don't understand your objection if objection it be. Coax is a specialized form of the general form of a transmission line, or in this case a transmission...
24941
McGalliard, Frederick B
freddyboy_9
Jun 1, 2010 7:41 pm
My impression is that the difference is primarily in how one approaches the calculations rather than in substantial difference in behavior. For waves much...
24942
McGalliard, Frederick B
freddyboy_9
Jun 1, 2010 7:45 pm
Lightening signals (whistlers) propagate perfectly well through the ionosphere/earth wave guide. We just rarely use waveguides large enough to carry signals at...
24943
McGalliard, Frederick B
freddyboy_9
Jun 1, 2010 7:46 pm
But it does require a conductive confinement surface. ________________________________ From: usa-tesla@yahoogroups.com [mailto:usa-tesla@yahoogroups.com] On...
24944
Bill
vanvonu
Jun 1, 2010 9:24 pm
No feedline or waveguide made out of an insulator would work....
24945
Michael Riversong Edu...
rivedu
Jun 2, 2010 1:21 am
As of 1907, Tesla was absolutely dependent on JP Morgan for all his funding. So when Morgan decided he wouldn't be funded, that was the end of his ability to...
24946
McGalliard, Frederick B
freddyboy_9
Jun 2, 2010 2:15 pm
A conductor will "mirror" the signal, confining it. A change in index of refraction will bend the signal path, and under certain conditions, namely a shallow...
24947
Bill
vanvonu
Jun 2, 2010 3:42 pm
A mirror reflects, an insulator does not. That which is a mirror at one frequency is frequently not at another, and microwaves are extremely refractive....
24948
McGalliard, Frederick B
freddyboy_9
Jun 2, 2010 3:59 pm
A good conductor is normally a mirror over a very very broad range of frequencies, from deep RF to the bottom of the Xray. Aluminum, Silver, Mercury, polished...
24949
Bill
vanvonu
Jun 2, 2010 4:26 pm
Bentonite is a conductor when wet, and a fair insulator when dry. If it is within a few degrees of the path of a microwave signal, said signal may not get to...
24950
Michael Riversong Edu...
rivedu
Jun 2, 2010 4:32 pm
The Northern Colorado Chapter of the United Nations Association, USA presents How Tesla Technology Can Help Save Our Planet! Sunday, June 13, 2010 2:30 pm ...
24951
Bill
vanvonu
Jun 2, 2010 5:02 pm
Why is the academy moving from Cheyenne to Fort Collins?...
24952
Michael Riversong Edu...
rivedu
Jun 2, 2010 5:17 pm
Posted an answer to this before, but it didn't go through. Cheyenne is a wonderful place, but there simply isn't enough of a student population to make it...
24953
Bill
vanvonu
Jun 2, 2010 5:22 pm
Because I grew up in Denver and don't feel comfortable enough with the front range to call it home again, as things are now. I'm calling Gillette home,...
24954
Michael Riversong Edu...
rivedu
Jun 2, 2010 10:39 pm
Know what you mean about the Front Range. I've only lived in Colorado and Wyoming all my life, but have traveled a lot. Gillette is a nice town, for sure. A...
24955
Bill
vanvonu
Jun 2, 2010 11:34 pm
Denver has turned into Tijuana north in the last couple of decades, more because of police corruption than the tripling of the hispanic population, but there...
24956
Rick
r.saunders1706
Jun 3, 2010 12:40 am
The "dielectric waveguide" employs a solid dielectric rod rather than a hollow metal pipe. "Optical fiber is typically a circular cross-section dielectric ...
24957
Bill
vanvonu
Jun 3, 2010 9:38 pm
All waveguides are filled with a dielectric, and insulator. Some are filled with an inert gas, some with air, some with glass, some with plastic. Optical...
24958
Michael Riversong Edu...
rivedu
Jun 3, 2010 10:23 pm
Know what you mean. The whole history of the ITS is a tragedy. A lot of good people were involved. As for Denver, you'll notice i don't live there. I'd rather...
24959
Khem Caigan
khemcaigan
Jun 3, 2010 11:42 pm
What I see here, Ed, is a lot of links, and not *one* coherent quote or citation that backs up your assertion that Tesla was not employed by Telefunken. It is...
24960
dave pierson
oddjob1947
Jun 4, 2010 1:10 am
This gets complex. The site to Wizard is correct, as i later recalled, but may be complex. Whether Tesla actually, meaningfully contributed to the...
24961
Bill
vanvonu
Jun 4, 2010 5:44 pm
As goes Denver will go Fort Collins. The traffic congestion was comparable the last time I drove through, several years ago....
