I'm enjoying this discussion...this is sort of an "office hours" kind of thing, not really the regular class meeting but a discussion of relevant topics by interested parties that might diverge from the main points of the central topic.

But let me just restate something here: All of this that we are talking about is part and parcel of the QED model, its predictions and effects, which are precisely quantified and are indeed accurate. However, to understand what is happening intuitively and without mathematical analysis, we need to resort to another level of analogous description: the Hydraulic Analogy. This is a helpful secondary model that allows us to get a grip on QED's main points... but the Hydraulic Analogy is neither fully accurate nor precise in its application to QED and electrical phenomena, so let's not mistake the map with all its imperfections for the territory it analogises.
(The SF author Robert Sheckley called this process of mistaking the description for the reality "metaphorical deformation".)

So...I've got to close the office for now. This afternoon, I'll flesh out the hydraulic analogy with some descriptions of how certain electronic components can be analogised in an effort to understand how they work in a real circuit with charge instead of water or sworn enemies. Thanks, and have a nice lunch !

 A Zen master named Gisan asked a young student to bring him a pail of water to cool his bath.
The student brought the water and, after cooling the bath, threw on to the ground the little that was left over.
"You dunce!" the master scolded him. "Why didn't you give the rest of the water to the plants? What right have you to waste even a drop of water in this temple?"
The young student attained Zen in that instant. He changed his name to Tekisui, which means a drop of water.
 

Here's a drop of water that seems to have passed notice.  So I'm spilling it again, while we're waiting to assemble.

Tk, I think your loop device has made you a lil loopy.  ;] 

But on the serious side, does the device produce anything that would attract the FCC?
Also, is it safe to operate continuously while you are in close proximity?

I dont know that I want to go that deep into zenville when I get this thing running. I gota work!  ;]

MaGs

I haven't tried tuning it in on a radio; it's oscillating at anywhere between 500 kHz and 1 MHz, so it is in a problematic band, the bottom of the AM broadcast band.

OK, yep, it's a pretty good jammer for AM at around 800-1000kHz, out to about 40 feet or so.