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Right, inductive charging. From what I've read it doesn't seem like this was the method Tesla was researching for long range transmission was it?

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Tesla was trying to make use of the conductivity present in the ground and ionosphere to transmit power. Not inductive, but more like capacitively coupled.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single-wire_transmission_line

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