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Re: Tesla Coil RF Transmitter

Original poster: Mddeming@xxxxxxx

In a message dated 10/9/05 4:26:13 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, tesla@xxxxxxxxxx writes:
Original poster: Ed Phillips <evp@xxxxxxxxxxx>

"This is exactly the altitude Tesla referred to in his patent.
Remember, Tesla was trying to utilize a tropospheric phenomenon, NOT
the 50+ mi high region that decades later was discovered to be the
ionosphere.

Matt D."

  He talked about a conducting layer at an altitude low enough to be
reached by a balloon (at least he thought so), but never calculated or
measured the consequences of having his upper electrode at a voltage
which could cause ionization.  The key words here are "Tesla was
trying"; remember that he never succeeded, for very sound reasons.

Ed


Yes, and at times he was very trying (per Westinghouse) ;-)))
 As of 1908, the altitude record for an unmanned free balloon was ~ 18 miles.
Matt D.