On Apr 4, 2:42*am, "Szczepan Bialek" wrote:
Now is 2012. *Is " this curious apparatus" the "fundamental part of modern
radio"?

Here is a paper that will help explain the similarities:

http://hamwaves.com/antennas/inductance/corum.pdf

In Figure 2, the diagram of the Tesla coil looks identical to a 75m
mobile antenna with top hat.
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73, Cecil, w5dxp.com