"Cecil Moore" wrote
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On Oct 8, 2:14 am, "Szczepan Bialek" wrote:
The key factor is the oscillating, nonsymetrical flow of electrons.

"... for a copper wire of radius 1 mm carrying a steady current of 10
amps, the drift velocity (of the free electrons) is only about 0.024
cm/sec!"

In the oryginal Hertz dipole electrons jumps accros the big gap with the
high frequency. Calculate the velocity.

The key factor is the generation, by the oscillating electrons, of RF
photons/fields/waves (traveling at the speed of light) .

Electrons do not need go-between. Electric waves are in substances and in
the plasma (rare plasma in space).
S*