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I understand that Nikola Tesla proposed a wireless transmission system that used electrical conduction instead of radio waves. This method was put forth in his U.S. Patents No. 645,576 and 649,621 where he mentions a 15-mile high antenna wire. It seems to me that the obstacles to building such an elevated structure would be insurmountable, as all existing materials would self-destruct from their own weight, although a fiber of carbon nanotubes might come close. Add to this the shearing forces and whipping stresses by existing winds up to 80,000 ft. and no, the materials to build such "antennas" which did not exist in Tesla's time, still do not exist. What could he have been thinking? The reference to, "maintaining terminals at elevations of fifteen miles or more above the level of the sea" is followed by the following self-explanatory statement.
Tesla expanded upon this assertion in the 1916 interview.
Also, if such a device did exist for global wireless transmission, wouldn't it disrupt all existing wireless radio-frequency communication systems worldwide? Not necessarily. It is likely that the present 'Hertz-wave' system and Tesla's form of wireless transmission can co-exist, especially if international frequency coordination were to be practiced. |
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