"Cecil Moore" wrote in message
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Jim Lux wrote:
But the important thing is that there's an equal number of positive and
negative charges floating around there, so there's zero net charge. An
possible radiated field from a negatively charged electron will be
exactly matched by the opposite field from a positively charged
something else.

Does that mean a column of salt water could not be
used as an antenna?

If a VEE antenna were formed of two hoses, these "elements" could be
partially filled with brine and tuned by draining or adding brine. The
metal fittings on the lower ends of the VEE elements would be the feedpoint.

Reductio ad absurdum

LXXIII,
Sal