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Thanks! Just read up on spark gap radio but it sounds like a primitive radio wave generator. What do you mean about “doing stuff” to the earths electrostatic

Thanks! Just read up on spark gap radio but it sounds like a primitive radio wave generator. What do you mean about “doing stuff” to the earths electrostatic sphere?

RangerScience 6y ago
It's been awhile... You sever seen a slow-mo of a water balloon being hit by something? There's a wave that kinda travels through it. Apparently, lightning strikes do the same thing to the electrostatic sphere. One of the super interesting things here is that, if you measure the speed of 'wave', from, say, Altanta to Sydney, the apparent speed is FTL.... but if you measure the distance as through the Earth instead of across its surface, it works out. It's also why (apparently) spark gap radio works in caves and tunnels.
- XMPPwocky 6y ago
  Sorry, aren't you just describing...electromagnetic waves?
  - RangerScience 6y ago
    It's been awhile, and my understanding wasn't great the first time, but.... no? Spark gap radio works in caves, but not in space. EM waves == photons, right? That's Marconi radio.