Radio Wave Properties: Electric and Magnetic Dipole Antennae

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  • Опубликовано: 17 ноя 2020
  • An HP model 3200B VHF Oscillator and ENI model 5100-L NMR RF Broadband Power Amplifier provide a 300 MHz signal to a half-wave dipole antenna. The voltage variation along the length of the dipole transmitting antenna is made evident by touching one end of a 8-Watt fluorescent lamp. A copper rod of the same length as the transmitting antenna is used to show a similar standing wave in voltage along it. A second receiver antenna with an incandescent bulb wired in the middle shows the polarization and shape of the radiation pattern emitted by the transmitter. Finally, a loop antenna is used to show the polarization of the magnetic component of the electromagnetic wave.
    For lots more details on our setup, see sciencedemonstrations.fas.har...

Комментарии • 556

  • @fairnut6418
    @fairnut6418 3 года назад +163

    I don't know how to express how much I respect these demonstrations of principles which mostly consist of "theory that just works". Great work.

    • @spqa2004
      @spqa2004 2 года назад +1

      Do what he did: Make a video that shows your thankfulness! Maybe sing a song! :-)

  • @r.e.m2676
    @r.e.m2676 2 года назад +130

    If my grade school teachers had demonstrated stuff like this, I would have had much more interest in science.

    • @Ebap-dy9zp
      @Ebap-dy9zp Год назад +3

      That’s why we’re life long learners in our interests my friend, you can’t expect another human being to have their best interest for solely for you or their surroundings. In my not so brilliant understanding 🤕this short life for humans consists of just time and energy and which way we chose to utilize it, is to each their own

    • @Wtfinc
      @Wtfinc 9 месяцев назад +1

      @@Ebap-dy9zpyeah but when we were kids we expected it because its what we were told. I get what ur saying but it only works once u realize everyone has been full of shit this whole time.

    • @billfargo9616
      @billfargo9616 9 месяцев назад

      Your grade school teachers got their science from the textbook.

    • @r.e.m2676
      @r.e.m2676 9 месяцев назад

      @@billfargo9616 and the Bible. Three conflicting ideologies will always create more problems than solutions

    • @Wtfinc
      @Wtfinc 9 месяцев назад

      @@billfargo9616 yup

  • @bobversheck2131
    @bobversheck2131 3 года назад +64

    Even though one knows the theory, actually seeing the field properties is so informative, real world.

  • @WillOnSomething
    @WillOnSomething 3 года назад +67

    This would be a great video to show to prospective ham operators in a Technician license course.

    • @OpSic66
      @OpSic66 3 года назад +3

      Absolutely. The part at 3:00 where he is effectively speaking about antenna polarization, would be very helpful for newer people into Radio. It's a visible version of what db drop looks like when you're running incorrect polarization.

    • @nz0z134
      @nz0z134 2 года назад

      Yeah, here new hams operate an unlicensed transmitter at 100 watts to play with light bulbs. Whilst you're at it, get a 100 watt amp for your 11 meter rig.

    • @ahmetmutlu348
      @ahmetmutlu348 2 года назад

      this had to be shown to anyone in past decades using analog tvs who were tryinh to adjust their tv antennas :P

    • @gentlebear21713
      @gentlebear21713 2 года назад +2

      He didn't show his facility. Maybe he is inside a Faraday cage to prevent unwanted transmission. I mean really, 100 Watts? How does he get away with that without having the FCC on his ass?

    • @JohnnyClavin
      @JohnnyClavin 2 года назад +1

      @@ahmetmutlu348 Some of us still adjust our TV antennas.

  • @ChrisConner1
    @ChrisConner1 3 месяца назад +4

    As a Ham operator, that was not just interesting, but hugely informative to help me picture what goes on on an antenna. And just cool science. Thanks very much!

  • @hideakipage8151
    @hideakipage8151 3 года назад +17

    Even if you know this stuff it's a beautiful demonstration.

  • @AxelWerner
    @AxelWerner 9 месяцев назад +1

    It's one thing to read about it from some book, but something much more digestable and intuitive to experience it in person using such simple tools!! More and even lower grade schools should show stuff like that!!!! So THANK YOU VERY MUCH! 73 !

  • @TheTarrMan
    @TheTarrMan 9 месяцев назад +2

    This was absolutely fascinating. Thank you so much for demonstrating this.

  • @geckoproductions4128
    @geckoproductions4128 3 года назад +2

    OUTSTANDINNG! Very well done. Thank you

  • @DumbledoreMcCracken
    @DumbledoreMcCracken 2 года назад +3

    That loop still blows my mind

  • @antoniobragancamartins3165
    @antoniobragancamartins3165 Год назад +3

    As an RF specialist i liked too much this video! Very didactic!

  • @Strider896
    @Strider896 2 года назад +1

    Very nice demonstration! THank you sir!It helps a ton to have a better understanding of the electromagnetic filed out of a dipole.

  • @fifaham
    @fifaham 2 года назад +4

    Brilliant presentation. This explains theory of Maxwell Equations in practical way.

  • @Mark300win
    @Mark300win 2 года назад +1

    Thank you so much for taking the time to create such valuable video

  • @otilainen
    @otilainen Год назад +2

    Amazing presentation, thank you!!!!

  • @bruceblosser384
    @bruceblosser384 9 месяцев назад +3

    The Florescent bulb is a voltage device, and so it emits more light, at the ends of the dipole, where the voltage is highest!

  • @mosiotv
    @mosiotv 3 года назад +3

    Great visual demo and explanation , very helpful 👍

  • @serpentine1983
    @serpentine1983 9 месяцев назад +1

    Superb Demonstration! Thank you!

  • @Adrian-qi9oe
    @Adrian-qi9oe 3 года назад +4

    Great explanation! Thanks.

  • @GeyzsonKristoffer
    @GeyzsonKristoffer 3 года назад +137

    Isn't it scary that only about 6k people watch this yet prank videos get millions?

    • @user-qt2ye8hm8i
      @user-qt2ye8hm8i 3 года назад +4

      Exactly this is what I was thinking about. I was only surprised by 6000 viewers in this video. Really, this proves what people reached😔😔

    • @squarerootof2
      @squarerootof2 3 года назад +2

      Now that scientists have become a joke and a laughing stock they'll get more views, I'm sure. The dumb masses just love these cosplaying clowns and the pranks people like Fauci play on them.

    • @robertlangley258
      @robertlangley258 3 года назад

      Yes one is interesting and funny and the other is boring and of no use to me. I leave it to the people that want to know about this to enjoy, but don’t judge me butthole.

    • @thomasmaughan4798
      @thomasmaughan4798 2 года назад +3

      "Isn't it scary"
      Yes, it isn't scary.

    • @moegamatnazeer8241
      @moegamatnazeer8241 2 года назад +7

      It's because small things amuse small minds..

  • @antoineroquentin2297
    @antoineroquentin2297 2 года назад +13

    Impressive demonstration.
    Safety distance of 100W 300 MHz into a dipole would be about 4 meters in my country (28 V/m E-field strength limit)

    • @woodybollox
      @woodybollox Год назад +3

      Or about a mile in the UK.

    • @uploadJ
      @uploadJ 9 месяцев назад +3

      He's wearing a mask, so its "okay". (Obviously this is 'sarc'.)

  • @namehidden8854
    @namehidden8854 Год назад +1

    Great way to demonstrate this. Thank you!

  • @jalaltabasinejad1404
    @jalaltabasinejad1404 2 года назад +3

    I appreciate your experiment. On demonstration of B-field, in fact 2 loops perpendicular to each other exist, the small loop is the connection of the light bulb. The small loop could get the B-field. In near field probe applications, we always use small loop sniffers perpendicular to the wire.

  • @ThierryC2373
    @ThierryC2373 9 месяцев назад +1

    Awesome demonstration!!

  • @teem_news
    @teem_news 4 месяца назад +1

    Beautiful. Thank you

  • @rusticagenerica
    @rusticagenerica 2 года назад +1

    Fabulous demo !

  • @adarshverma2586
    @adarshverma2586 3 года назад +3

    What a demonstration sr👏👏👏

  • @TheRealDanNguyen
    @TheRealDanNguyen 2 года назад +1

    Thank you for this great video!

  • @dylanparker130
    @dylanparker130 3 года назад +4

    love these videos!

  • @alfalfa8168
    @alfalfa8168 3 года назад +4

    great video as always :D

  • @robpinter5431
    @robpinter5431 6 месяцев назад

    I visited a high power transmit station, the fluorescent light fixtures were fitted in the room but never wired up to mains power, but they had a nice glow just like this demonstration.

  • @jayeshrohilla7215
    @jayeshrohilla7215 Год назад +1

    this is the best video i have seen til today

  • @mariusz17772
    @mariusz17772 2 года назад +2

    Super film. Dziękuję bardzo

  • @rohan.fernando
    @rohan.fernando 3 года назад +1

    Brilliant demo

  • @mattman8685
    @mattman8685 3 года назад +2

    Thank you and more please!

  • @iankidd6654
    @iankidd6654 2 года назад +1

    One of the best videos I have seen RUclips

  • @fbach2100
    @fbach2100 3 года назад +2

    Outstanding explanation 👍 thanks for sharing.

  • @Arshar
    @Arshar 2 года назад

    Resources online today.. omg.. double thumbs up !

  • @johnpaul4936
    @johnpaul4936 3 года назад +4

    Fascinating!

  • @maheshnerlekar9791
    @maheshnerlekar9791 2 года назад +1

    OMG fantastic ......thanks a lot ... if such experiments are shown .....all people including non technical ....will start loving the physics,maths & nature.. .....

  • @Greg_Chase
    @Greg_Chase Год назад +4

    We experiment with Lorentz force RF antennas. The physical field manifestation is interesting. Here is one setup:
    1) 10 layers of store-bought aluminum foil, each layer separated by a dielectric layer (basically a 10-layer lamination).
    The lamination is horizontally oriented on the workbench
    2) very strong vertically-oriented B-field applied to the axis (center) of the lamination
    3) roughly 16 Mhz fed to eddy current coils positioned radially, and adjacent to, but not touching, the foil lamination
    With a vertical B field through the centerpoint, and radial eddy currents flowing horizontally through the metal layers, the Lorentz force sweeps the charged particles in the metal layers back and forth, coherently, at the 16 Mhz rate.
    Since artificial gravity can be created by immense coherent accelerations present in the bulk of a sample, we use variations of this design to check for such effects.

  • @martinamadsen812
    @martinamadsen812 11 месяцев назад +1

    Fascinating experiements! 🙄
    Stay safe, regards Niels ❤💕

  • @maheshkumarkshirasagar3563
    @maheshkumarkshirasagar3563 Год назад +1

    Absolutely mind blowing learning from this video

  • @anthonyhitchings1051
    @anthonyhitchings1051 2 года назад

    so much better than only a text book

  • @nooneyouknow9399
    @nooneyouknow9399 2 года назад +2

    As an AM broadcast engineer, I used to have visitors carry a 4' fluorescent lamp to "help me" and walk them past the tower. A lot of broken lamps in the gravel over the years.

  • @enricodececco_LRods_technology
    @enricodececco_LRods_technology 2 года назад

    Very interesting demonstration, I believe that it is the same emission that leads to close the dipoles of the L-rods with an electric field and variations of the unified field :-)

  • @rohitjoshi7811
    @rohitjoshi7811 2 месяца назад +1

    wow, never thought antenna would be this simple

  • @adhil8918
    @adhil8918 3 года назад +2

    I REALY LIKE IT! GOOD JOB

  • @Avalon888
    @Avalon888 Год назад +2

    That was brilliant. I bloody love the Internet.

  • @ovalwingnut
    @ovalwingnut 9 месяцев назад +1

    WOW. Spelled W.O.W. GR8T demo. This explained a lot.

  • @chrispteemagician
    @chrispteemagician 2 года назад +1

    I was waiting for him to say “Induction Loop” and “Horizontal Polarisation” , otherwise a very visual representation, thanks.

  • @grnagaraja
    @grnagaraja 3 месяца назад +1

    Thank you very much for this educative video and visualise the antenna field surrounding it.
    Tnx for sharing VU2GNR

  • @RGMadu
    @RGMadu 2 года назад +11

    10 years ago I saw a identical video from Harvard, I think was this same lab and transmitter, but there was a water tank and he submersed a smaller antenna that lit a bulb only inside the tank, showing that the magnetic field changes in wavelength when traveling inside different densities, so the bulb did not lit outside the tank because the antenna was so small tho the wavelength of the air.

    • @wolfgangrueckner7151
      @wolfgangrueckner7151 2 года назад

      I think you're referring to this write-up on the experiment (scroll down towards the end); sciencedemonstrations.fas.harvard.edu/presentations/radio-wave-properties

    • @RGMadu
      @RGMadu 2 года назад

      @@wolfgangrueckner7151 Wow! That's it! I read the entire page at that time... so it was not a video! My mind tricked me! Thanks to show me the page!

  • @jarmenkell2313
    @jarmenkell2313 2 года назад +1

    COOL !! 😀👍🏻
    Thanks, Bro

  • @fingertipsandcompany2195
    @fingertipsandcompany2195 Год назад +1

    Respect, very helpful!

  • @marwansallouta2101
    @marwansallouta2101 9 месяцев назад +1

    Well attractive explanation, thank you.

  • @jakelemay7913
    @jakelemay7913 2 года назад +2

    This is forcing me to think and improve my antenna - and hang a few more. Thank you.

  • @Dhirajkumar-ls1ws
    @Dhirajkumar-ls1ws 3 года назад +1

    wow, great video.

  • @Roger7137
    @Roger7137 2 года назад +1

    Thank you so much!

  • @keithking1985
    @keithking1985 2 года назад +1

    NICE VIDEO!!!

  • @MLFranklin
    @MLFranklin 2 года назад

    This is really cool. Consider how you might make a similar demonstration of concepts with household or hardware store items.

  • @AzharTrue
    @AzharTrue 7 месяцев назад

    Amazing!

  • @banitoflakes
    @banitoflakes 3 года назад +6

    Amazing sir 🌟🌟

  • @haniefsofi
    @haniefsofi 3 года назад +2

    Very nice and inspiring.

  • @pianistman2006
    @pianistman2006 3 года назад +2

    I love that video :)

  • @infinateU
    @infinateU 8 месяцев назад +1

    Yes, very nice, thanks.

  • @user-hb4de1jn6d
    @user-hb4de1jn6d 3 года назад +4

    Beautiful go on i love science

  • @Cicuiranu
    @Cicuiranu 2 года назад +7

    As you I use to show this to my students (ESIEE Paris) but with the help of a Baofeng and a log-periodic Yagi. I don't have an 100 W RFPA ! But I believe you don't use it at full power otherwise the bulbs will suffer somewhat. Using an horizontal reflector below RX and Tx dipoles you can also show the Fresnel zones. All students like to see that :D

    • @NatSciDemos
      @NatSciDemos  2 года назад +5

      Yes the amplitude of the oscillator that feeds the power amp is turned almost all the way down, so the total output of the transmitter is less than 20 W/m^2, otherwise we could burn out the tiny bulbs on the receiver antennae :)

  • @gallodeplata
    @gallodeplata 3 месяца назад +1

    This gives me bumps, geting back to that tesla photo holding a light bulb

  • @benmcreynolds8581
    @benmcreynolds8581 Год назад +5

    It's really facinating how so many properties with-in Nature exist in waves, frequencies, and vibration, which converts into energy. Also differences seem to be a key factor in keeping dynamic systems functioning. High pressure/low pressure, hot/cold temp, different densities, static electric charges/discharges, electromagnetism north/south poles, different velocity/angular momentum, layers between different regions like land, water, air, edge of atmosphere, in space the regions of particle bubbles/cloud regions, nebula's/ Galaxy clusters/to less dense regions of space. All of these things are basic differences but create a way for the dynamic engine with-in Nature to continue flowing and operating to create and convert energy. Like regions of high/low pressure and temperature differences create winds. Transfer that into water or planets core and add density. It creates either ocean currents and flow or planetary convection geothermal activity.

    • @das250250
      @das250250 9 месяцев назад +1

      In fact if you move at speed to that difference the effect disappears. All exchange of energy can only occur between non identical dynamic oscillations.( waves )

    • @MR-backup
      @MR-backup 9 месяцев назад

      @@das250250But who, or what can actually move at those speeds?

    • @das250250
      @das250250 9 месяцев назад

      @@MR-backup it is all relative but other particles may be moving quickly like muons .

    • @MR-backup
      @MR-backup 9 месяцев назад

      @@das250250It can't "all be relative" if you follow up by saying there is SOMETHING "moving quickly".
      Either way, aren't you just confirming the OP?

    • @das250250
      @das250250 9 месяцев назад

      @@MR-backup Not sure what you are asking "op" ? My statement says there is only relative motion and possibly values. As per relativity.

  • @k.k.4950
    @k.k.4950 2 года назад +1

    Thank you sir.

  • @DucatiMTS1200
    @DucatiMTS1200 2 года назад +1

    Magic demo.

  • @clemkadiddlehopper7705
    @clemkadiddlehopper7705 9 месяцев назад

    That's some cool old school Tesla OG there

  • @unclefrankindia
    @unclefrankindia Год назад +1

    Super cool

  • @Gerard423653
    @Gerard423653 9 месяцев назад

    No need for 100W.
    I did the same when I was a eenager experimenting with approx. 8-10W @100 MHz, (with QQE03/12 tube, parts from old tube radios and TV’s and a standard FM radio dipole, Then dimming the light by varying the power.
    Once light up one could walk pretty far away with the tube. It convinced my parents I could do magic. :-)
    This brought back the memory of those fun times.

    • @NatSciDemos
      @NatSciDemos  9 месяцев назад +1

      Correct, 100W of output would easily burn out the type 47 (1W) incandescent bulb in the receiving dipole at 1 meter distance, which is why we use the minimum amplitude setting on the HP oscillator. Thanks for watching.

  • @abburuachyutaram6619
    @abburuachyutaram6619 9 месяцев назад +1

    Excellent superb. Tq

  • @cobrasvt347
    @cobrasvt347 3 года назад +1

    This is great

  • @lucasjavierrodriguez8846
    @lucasjavierrodriguez8846 Год назад +1

    Anytime I'll see one of these videos I feel a little bit stupid and I love it..🦊🧡⚜️⚡

  • @unappetizingtolookat
    @unappetizingtolookat 8 месяцев назад +1

    Very interesting

  • @alexander_adnan
    @alexander_adnan Год назад

    Best video ever …

  • @belaji
    @belaji 2 года назад +14

    This is a very cool demonstration! Can you come up with an experiment that reveals the phase relationship of the electric field to the magnetic field close to the transmitting antenna? I'm interested in an experiment, not in a variety of equations. Thanks.

    • @andyeverett1957
      @andyeverett1957 Год назад

      If you had an oscilloscope I think it could be done? It is an interesting idea as the fields at far distance, electric and magnetic, are in phase while near the antenna there are parts of the fields that are 90 degrees out of phase. You would need tiny examples of the test probes used in this experiment, a small dipole receiver and a small magnetic dipole receiver connected via coax and connected to the oscilloscope with equal length leads you could then see the phase relationships? Please make a video as I don't have an oscilloscope. Thanks.

    • @uploadJ
      @uploadJ 9 месяцев назад

      @@andyeverett1957 I have wanted to make this kind of measurement for awhile. Have never gotten around to it ... maybe I should revisit this test having acquired several vector voltmeters as well as several dual-trace scopes ... I also contend that the traditional; dipole antenna works on the principle of the magnetics (magnetic field) to create the 'radiation' and not the magnetic ... not even the combo of the E and H ()or B) fields - JUST the H field.

  • @othoapproto9603
    @othoapproto9603 7 месяцев назад

    It would be fun to build an array of lights and coils along the dipole emission field in 90° orientations to see this effect. thanks for sharing

  • @Alpha-Emerald-wayOfLight-djedi
    @Alpha-Emerald-wayOfLight-djedi Месяц назад

    Knowledge has no Price

  • @brushfuse
    @brushfuse 3 года назад +74

    I get the feeling Nikola Tesla would have enjoyed seeing this.

    • @mailamaila5918
      @mailamaila5918 3 года назад +1

      Absolutely correct

    • @ronniepirtlejr2606
      @ronniepirtlejr2606 3 года назад +15

      I have a feeling that he has seen this, way before this professor was even thought of!👍

    • @dabig_guy2204
      @dabig_guy2204 3 года назад +7

      Actually, Tesla is the Father of all this science, on paper.

    • @ronniepirtlejr2606
      @ronniepirtlejr2606 3 года назад +2

      @@dabig_guy2204 yes, I thought so!👍🇺🇸

    • @charlesdickens6706
      @charlesdickens6706 2 года назад +5

      Tesla never seemed to have gained the insight for effective physics for transmission. I'm thinking that's where Marconi stepped in and received credit for invention of radio communication.

  • @anthonyhitchings1051
    @anthonyhitchings1051 2 года назад +1

    well done

  • @ehvway
    @ehvway 2 года назад

    I hope all those people who say 5G isn't harmful are watching this video. They should read Silent Weapons For Silent Wars.
    Great video sir

    • @schmetterling4477
      @schmetterling4477 2 года назад

      Nobody forces you to use a cell phone. Wait... what did you watch this video on? A computer? With WIFI, right? :-)

  • @wilsonmarinmontoya4318
    @wilsonmarinmontoya4318 2 года назад +1

    Gracias.

  • @russellteejaymolina6736
    @russellteejaymolina6736 2 года назад

    It is a very nice demonstrations supporting antenna theory, will it be possible also to perform similar demonstration using folded dipole instead. Thanks.

  • @OP-do7rt
    @OP-do7rt Год назад +1

    lovely bro

  • @luimackjohnson302
    @luimackjohnson302 2 года назад +10

    Good demonstration. That's what Nikola Tesla wanted to achieve, to be able to transmit power thru radio waves and light up the world!
    I believe he was way ahead of his time!

    • @Laienhaftes
      @Laienhaftes 2 года назад

      And nobody wanted to finance his idea, because everyone with an antenna could receive the energy and you had no way to charge money for it.

    • @mrtechleg2706
      @mrtechleg2706 2 года назад +2

      Not wanted to achieve, he did achieve it. It's the world that stays stupid

    • @josephhacker6508
      @josephhacker6508 2 года назад +1

      @@Laienhaftes well no, since you'd need special equipment to get the power and turn it into something besides sound. So the hardware would cost money.

    • @Laienhaftes
      @Laienhaftes 2 года назад

      @@josephhacker6508as soon as you have the equipment to receive the power (and that's very easy and cheap to achieve) you can consume power and the transmitter can't tell how much you are consuming.

    • @lajoswinkler
      @lajoswinkler 2 года назад

      @@Laienhaftes Totally wrong. Transmitter detects a load.
      Tesla's idea was flawed in many ways and that's the reason why it never lived in the way he imagined it. Not because of some conspiracy.

  • @HowardKlein1958
    @HowardKlein1958 9 месяцев назад +1

    I surprised my wife by striking a fluorescent tube in our garden with the long wire antenna overhead running about 60 Watts. I was just holding it like Darth Vader.

  • @pquic
    @pquic 2 года назад +1

    great demonstration

  • @jeffersonfernandez8211
    @jeffersonfernandez8211 3 года назад +4

    Sus videos son muy buenos siga asi

  • @beethovensg
    @beethovensg 3 месяца назад

    Technology created at the beginning of time, inherent potential energy. The Great Pyramid employs these aspects. Nikolai Tesla knew it.

  • @Divagar1994
    @Divagar1994 Год назад +1

    Thanks good nice👍👍👍👍👍👍

  • @FAB1150
    @FAB1150 3 года назад +2

    I want a 100W transmitter too, it would be fun to use lol

    • @prakharmishra3000
      @prakharmishra3000 2 года назад +3

      Yeah you'd be in jail before you can even power it up

  • @Jimmyjimjimjim
    @Jimmyjimjimjim 2 года назад +1

    Safety first. Glad he is wearing a mask around high voltage.

  • @SDS-1
    @SDS-1 9 месяцев назад

    I used this effect years ago with my CB radio. Had a 6 foot fluorescent bulb on roof of car that would light with no wires

  • @rangaiahkaravadi5340
    @rangaiahkaravadi5340 Год назад

    Excellent demostration. Educative and very useful. However I have one doubt. Why the bulb in the receiving antenna didn't glow brighter when the same is brought in line with the axis of the main antenna?

    • @NatSciDemos
      @NatSciDemos  Год назад

      Thanks. If your question has to do with the signal attenuation that happens at around 3:28, it is because the transmitted signal is minimal along the axis of the transmitter. Think of the pattern as shaped like a big donut (toroid), with the holes pointing in the same direction as the axis of the transmitting antenna.

  • @radaroreilly9502
    @radaroreilly9502 3 года назад +2

    I love this stuff