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===The Controversial Measurement;===


It does not indicate faster than light velocity

The  mathematical models and experimental data used by  Schumann  and
Waite  to  describe ELF transmission and propagation  are  complex  and
beyond  the scope of this paper.  Dr. James F. Corum, Kenneth L.  Corum
and  Dr.  A-Hamid  Aidinejad  have, however,  in  a  series  of  papers
presented  at  the  1984  Tesla  Centennial  Symposium  and  the   1986
International Tesla Symposium, applied the experimental values obtained
by Dr. Tesla during his Colorado Springs experiments to the models  and
equations  used  by Schumann and Waite.  The results of  this  exercise
have  proved that the Earth and the surrounding atmosphere can be  used
as  a  cavity  resonator for the wireless  transmission  of  electrical
power. (Fig. 3)

Dr.  Tesla  reported that .08484 seconds was the time  that  a  pulse
emitted  from his laboratory took to propagate to the opposite side  of
the  planet and to return.  From this statement many have assumed  that
his  transmissions  exceeded the speed of light and many  esoteric  and
fallacious theories and publications have been generated.  As Corum and
Aidinejad point out, in their 1986 paper, "The Transient Propagation of
ELF Pulses in the Earth Ionosphere Cavity", this measurement represents
the coherence time of the Earth cavity resonator system.  This is  also
known  to  students of radar systems as a determination  of  the  range
dependent  parameter.   The  accompanying  diagrams  from  Corum's  and
Aidinejad's paper graphically illustrate the point. (Fig. 3 & Fig. 4)

We  now turn to a description of the methods to be used to build,  as
Dr. Tesla did in 1899, a cavity resonator for the wireless transmission
of electrical power.