> But this will NOT turn the light on because the energy received will be extremely small. It doesn't have to be very small. The pair of wires form a transmis

> But this will NOT turn the light on because the energy received will be extremely small. It doesn't have to be very small. The pair of wires form a transmission line and if the characteristic impedance of that line is low enough the current will be much higher. You appear to understand that so I'm not telling you anything. But there is still value in proposing this because if one were to perform this experiment with really low Z coax (12 ohm or something) the bulb would instantly light to nearly full brightness, yet the 'mystery' would be dispelled or at least trivial to explain: the instantaneous current is supplied via the distributed LC circuit inherent to the transmission line.