RE: Tesla's Magnifying Transmitter - Part 5: Communication and navigation
"it would have given us a worldwide communication network without wires."
We as yet have a great need for this. How sweet would be a mesh communications network comprised of tens of thousands of individuals who each owned such a means of communication.
With an adequately connected ground, and respect for the earth's resonant frequency, could each of us install an "earth station" at our personal location and communicate using electrical conduction to our counterparts on the opposite side of the planet? Or anywhere on the planet?
Even on a single frequency, with some sort of token-passing network scheme, could we not pass information packets about? And, with "the art of individualization," though I have yet to understand how that would work, how many different "lines" or channels might be established? Is there a minimum amount of power required to traverse such distances?
I.M.H.O., it would be grand to, once and for all, take the "internet" out of the hands of any and all central control.
Thank you, friend @mage00000, for your marvelous series! 😄😇😄
With today's electronics "the art of individualization" has already taken a few more steps beyond what Tesla envisioned. Look how many cellphones we can connect through the air in big cities. The same can be done through the Earth.
To send a pulse through the Earth you'll need some more power than when sending it to a nearby receiver through the air, but you can first receive that power. The Magnifying Transmitters take up a little energy that they first put into the Earth and use it to attract energy from our atmosphere, then they put the "magnified energy" back into the Earth making sure that there is enough energy for everyone to use.
You'd use a different (smaller) receiver to receive some energy, change it into your specific frequency pattern, modulate your voice or data on it and send it back into the Earth. That is how you would communicate with the TMT-web.
Thank you for your answers. They of course trigger more questions. ;)
What is the minimum feasible size of a magnifying transmitter?
It is clear from your series that a single MT can be a catalyst to initiate a resonant action of the earth that can gather atmospheric energy globally, and that an appropriately placed set of modulated MTs could allow for GPS-like localization. This raises many more questions.
Is there an optimal number of MTs? Could an "anti-MT" be introduced that would interfere with the system? If only a small number MTs were allowed or used, would that effectively concentrate the network control into a few hands?
A separate set of questions: If my goal is merely global communication, and not the generation of energy, and I have an adequate quality connection to the ground and a source of power, can I create a powered transceiver for global communication?
If so, how much power might be required to join a global network? And, if the resonance interval / frequency of the earth is ~84ms / 11.77Hz, can higher frequency modulation be superimposed upon that effectively? Could an unlimited number of nodes be possible in such a network? Or, restated: What might be the limiting total bandwidth of such a global network?
Thanks again for your very stimulating series!
A MT needs to generate over a million volts and that sets the lower limits for size and power. I could generate about 1.5 MV with roughly 2.5 KW, I think that is about the absolute minimum requirement. The 1.5 MV needs a height of at least 6 m.
An optimal number of MTs? ... I really don't know. What would define "optimal"? At some point, when MT's are draining atmospheric electricity, we will not have lightning storms anymore. That may be a good sign to stop building.
I think you can disrupt frequency bands, just like you can in atmospheric transmissions.
The MT's will provide power for the entire world, it can be sent to selective receivers or to "the general public". In the latter case you (anyone with enough resources) can build a MT and have it started by another, existing one. From that moment on it will produce power.
Yes, you can build a powered transceiver. From my experiments and my interpretation of Tesla's work you will need at least 800W to send signals across the world.
Yes, you will need a higher working frequency for your coils, according to Tesla the best range is 30KHz-35KHz, but as I understand that would give you a too small bandwidth for audio. I have not really spend much time on understanding the ins and outs of the communication scheme, I'm afraid, my focus was power generation.
This is such excellent and encouraging information. While I am not disinterested in the power possibilities, I am more immediately curious about communication.
I am quite excited to hear that a powered transceiver is likely to be a real possibility, and with less than 1Kw!
My thoughts (which I believe many may share) reflect some concern that the "powers that be" might at some point seek to disrupt the internet. However, with independent network nodes "popping up" anywhere, that would become impossible.
It however sounds as though the bandwidth would be extremely limited? Actually, 30KHz-35KHz would support speech, but not much more. We have become quite used to and dependent upon an internet with a very high bandwidth to each subscriber. But even so, it would be of great interest to me to see if messages might be sent anywhere on the globe...
Thanks again for your feedback.