I think the concept of one field generating the other in space as the wave advances is defective. In my way of thinking it is not possible to stop a wave in motion and perform a test of this nature.
You would need to travel faster than light to get to an observation point that allows this. I prefer to measure the field parameters at a point removed from the moving charge that initiates the wave. Then I am able to measure the effect of the electric field and magnetic field as it passes by at the speed of light. There is no reason to assume one vector generates the other. I came to the realization years ago that there is actually only one parameter defining both fields. Charge and its movement is the key. Current is proportional to the first derivative of the spatial position of charge with respect to time(charge velocity). Radiation is related to the charge acceleration. The magnetic field is determined by the currents in space and time. Everything electromagnetic originates with charge. Dave -----Original Message----- From: Mauro Lacy <ma...@lacy.com.ar> To: vortex-l <vortex-l@eskimo.com> Sent: Sun, Aug 19, 2012 6:05 pm Subject: Re: [Vo]:Can Fields Induce Other Fields in Vacuum? On 08/16/2012 01:19 PM, Mark Iverson wrote: FYI: this forwarded to me by a colleague… -Mark Trouble with Maxwell’s Electromagnetic Theory: Can Fields Induce Other Fields in Vacuum? http://vixra.org/pdf/1206.0083v5.pdf Abstract The purpose of this article is to point out that Maxwell’s electromagnetic theory, believed by the majority of scientists a fundamental theory of physics, is in fact built on an unsupported assumption and on a faulty method of theoretical investigation. The result is that the whole theory cannot be considered reliable, nor its conclusions accurate descriptions of reality. In this work it is called into question whether radio waves (and light) travelling in vacuum, are indeed composed of mutually inducing electric and magnetic fields. The idea of mutually inducing electric and magnetic fields is, without a doubt, one of the cleverest stupid things found in modern science. We don't want to abandon it so soon... it has the big advantage that it "solves" the problem of the light carrying medium. It reminds me of the feats of the Münchhausen's baron, who raises himself up by pulling from the strings of his shoes.