The recent political election process here in the USA demonstrated the validity 
herd orientation via the electromagnetic media fields and it continues today 
with stampeding of congressional votes in one direction for stimulus packages.

- Bill
Indecision may or may not be the problem.

--- On Tue, 3/17/09, Ron Pickard, RPQ <[email protected]> wrote:



        From: Ron Pickard, RPQ <[email protected]>
        Subject: RE: Interesting Article
        To: "'Price, Edward'" <[email protected]>
        Cc: [email protected]
        Date: Tuesday, March 17, 2009, 10:27 PM
        
        

        Why stop with magnetic orientation? I think you’re onto something with 
herd behavior. A study (grant funded of course) should be carried out to test 
cattle vectoring (herd behavior) through applied electromagnetics. The magnetic 
part would be needed to dynamically orient the cows and the electro part would 
be needed to get them moving. GPS positioning would be used to monitor the 
process and provide feedback to control herd movement. In the end, just think 
how many farmers would benefit from this new technology by simply pushing a 
button to have his dairy herd come in all by itself on time from the pasture 
for whatever reason without anyone having to go out into the pasture to find, 
collect and herd them back to the barn. Push another button and off they go 
back to the pasture. I know my grandfather would’ve liked to have had something 
like that as well as me and my brother during our summers there.

         

        And, why stop there. I sure there would be thousands of other 
applications. :-)

         

        Also Brian, you are correct with your comment about virtually no level 
surfaces in New York State . BTW, as a former upstate NY resident I’m curious 
as to which part of NY were you referring to (there being so many places there 
that fit your description)?

         

        Best regards,

         

        Ron Pickard

        RPQ Consulting

        Glendale, AZ 85303

        +623.512-3451 tel, +623.848-9033 fax

        [email protected] 
<http://us.mc01g.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> 

        www.rpqconsulting.com <http://www.rpqconsulting.com/> 

        www.linkedin.com/in/RonPickard

         
        
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        From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Price, 
Edward
        Sent: Tuesday, March 17, 2009 8:04 PM
        To: [email protected]
        Subject: RE: Interesting Article

         

        Let's try de-perming them first, with a big solenoid coil, big enough 
to walk them through. 800 A/M for a start?

         

        Herd behavior might be helpful; might act like a mutual coupling to 
increase the collective Q.

         

        Ed Price

        [email protected]     WB6WSN

        NARTE Certified EMC Engineer

        Electromagnetic Compatibility Lab

        Cubic Defense Applications

        San Diego, CA  USA

        858-505-2780

        Military & Avionics EMC Is Our Specialty

                 
                
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                From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of 
Doug Nix
                Sent: Tuesday, March 17, 2009 5:10 PM
                To: [email protected]
                Cc: [email protected]
                Subject: Re: Interesting Article

                Cortland, 

                 

                Interesting grant proposal. How would you plan to control for 
herd behaviour, since that may have direct influence on the cows desire to 
align themselves relative to each other...

                 
                

                Doug

                [email protected] 
<http://us.mc01g.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> 
                
                Find me near  43°24'24.96"N  80°24'25.95"W. 

                 

                On Mar 17, 2009, at 19:22, Cortland Richmond wrote:

                 
                

                It is an interesting item.  The news reports I've heard are 
that the observations show cattle aligned N/S except under HV power lines (I 
have not yet read the article.)  The conclusion that cattle align themselves 
with the Earth's magnetic field at all is based on one assumption, that the 
alignment is due to magnetic fields and not because (say) they're warming 
themselves in the sunlight or some terrain influence.  That power lines cause 
them to lose the ability to sense magnetic fields is based on TWO assujmtions, 
and needs a closer look.

                 

                If, as in some animals known to sense North, cattle do sense 
the magnetic field by way of magnetite particles, and if those are small 
enough, it is POSSIBLE they might no longer sense North due to the AC fields 
under power lines moving those particles around.  

                 

                I should apply for a grant to install inductors on a herd of 
cattle, and DC/AC converters, so that I might selectively induce AC magnetic 
fields on selected bovines and see if they fail to align with the herd.

                 

                Heh!

                 

                Cortland Richmond

                 KA5S. 

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