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“Dowsing Rods” are Hand Held Dipole Antennas:Hypothesis and Test Results
Part 1: Electromagnetic Energy Drives Dowsing Rod/Dipole AntennaBehavior
 By
John S. Janks
 November 15, 2011
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THE HYPOTHESIS
“DOWSING RODS” ARE HAND-HELD DIPOLE ANTENNAS
How did such disparate topics as the dipole antennas (those “rabbit ears”) that sat atopTV sets for decades and emotive topic “dowsing rods” come together in the samehypothesis? As Schick and Vaughn have observed, the “scientific method” is notequivalent to the “experimental method.”
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Rather, science is a method for assessing thecredibility of claims, and not a set of claims.Unlike what we were taught in beginning science classes, there is no systematic methodfor the construction of hypotheses. Constructing hypotheses is more like creative art thanwhat we normally think of as science. Indeed, constructing scientific hypotheses is oftena matter of recognizing a new analogy (heart as pump, brain as computer, genes asinstructions, etc.). That is what happened here: the L-shaped disconnected wires of thedipole antenna bore an uncanny resemblance to the L-shaped disconnected wires used bydowers.Schick and Vaughn set five criteria for an adequate hypothesis:
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1.Testability
: A hypothesis is scientific only if it is testable,
2.Fruitfulness
: Best hypothesis makes the greatest number of unexpectedcorrect predictions,
3.Scope
: Best hypothesis explains and predicts the most diverse phenomena,
4.Simplicity
: Other things being equal, the best hypothesis is the one withthe fewest assumptions,
5.Conservatism
: Best hypothesis fits with other well-established beliefs.This series of reports and YouTube videos adds some much-needed experimental data tothe discussion. There has been remarkably little scientific testing of dowsing rods.Moreover, virtually none that illustrate dowsing rods are similar to dipoles.The hypothesis is simple: “dowsing rods” are hand-held dipole antennas, and as such bear all the known properties of dipoles. For the application to finding IEDs, landmines,tripwires, tunnels and caches the dipole characteristics greatly expand the users’capabilities. For unlike current technologies such as metal detection, ground-penetratingradar (GPR), hyperspectral sensors, electromagnetic field gradient devices, the dipoledepends on electrical potential.It is not, therefore, subject to the peculiarities of the electromagnetic spectrum as are theapplications above. Wet soil that confuses GPR, IEDs made of plastic rather than metal
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an be invisible to the metal detector, or any number of other complications simply do notapply to the dipole antenna.
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Figure 1
. Similarities between dipole antennas and “dowsing rods.” The upper two figuresare used with the permission of Ott.
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. The parasitic capacitor shown in the right dipoleillustration allows for the completion of the electrical circuit. The bottom figure shows“dowsing rod” movement in the hands of a user.3
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