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Oct 28, 2018 at 19:39 comment added akhmeteli @hyportnex : Again, I don't see what is not true in my answer. The electric field provides higher acceleration of a non-relativistic charge. In my book, that is action. On a different note, I hold radio engineers in high respect, but I am not sure their priorities determine the contents of a physics site.
Oct 28, 2018 at 19:19 comment added hyportnex No doubt, the electric force on an electron will be more significant than the magnetic force but what action is more or less significant depends on what you need to do with the action; for a radio engineer the force does not matter, instead the induced voltage does.
Oct 28, 2018 at 19:15 comment added akhmeteli @hyportnex: I don't see what is not true in my answer. I said that the action of electric field on a non-relativistic CHARGE is more significant, and you just need to look at the expression for the Lorentz force (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorentz_force#Equation_in_cgs_units) to see that. The case where the charge is screened and the electromagnetic wave acts on the current is not relevant to my statement.
Oct 28, 2018 at 19:03 comment added hyportnex not true for antennas, both can equally be received: the E-field with a linear dipole, the H-field with a circular loop.
Oct 28, 2018 at 18:40 history answered akhmeteli CC BY-SA 4.0