Thursday, November 9, 2017

Radio Waves vs. Magnetic Connection

Radio waves are magnetic, and not really waves at all, but polarized photons with a tiny bit of energy, sufficient to affect a receiver.

Radio transmission
Radio transmission

Waving a magnet about close to a radio receiver produces static interference. This is one way of demonstrating that radio transmission is in fact a magnetic phenomenon.

Electric generators and motors are also magnetic. However, they work on a different principle. The photons communicating the magnetic force between the rotor of a generator and the electrons in the copper wire do not need to carry any energy. All they need to communicate is force.

Generator and motor
Generator and motor

The magnet in the generator lock onto the electrons in the wire through mutual attraction. The gap between electrons and the magnet is depleted of zero-point photons. The effect is that of a low pressure area in the ether, and very similar to standard fluid dynamics.

In this way, we can liken the setup of an electric generator and a motor with that of a hydraulic pump and motor. The copper wire between the electric generator and motor act very much like the hose connecting the hydraulic pump to its motor.

The gap between the magnet and the copper wire is in effect sealed by the low pressure area in the ether.

This is in contrast to radio transmitters that act more like open hoses, spraying energetic photons about in all directions.

There is no magnetic connection between a radio transmitter and a receiver. When a receiver is turned on, there is no reaction to this at the transmitting end.

An electric motor on the other hand is magnetically connected to the grid. When a motor is turned on, there is a reaction at the generating end. The generator and motor are connected in a way similar to an hydraulic pump and motor.

A rule of thumb that applies to this is that if there is a gap between the generating unit and the receiving unit, magnetic connection is involved if significant power is transferred. If it is known that the receiver is communicating back its drain to the transmitter, we know for sure that we are dealing with a magnetic connection.

On the other hand, if the receiver does not communicate back its drain to the generator, we know for sure that the process involves radio waves only. In such cases, the energy drained by the receiver should be minuscule.

Significant power transfer through radio transmission is never done in engineering. However, in nature, gamma-ray bursts are example of large scale radio transmitted energy.

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