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by 01100011 1649 days ago
I feel like RF is the wrong term. RF is short for radio frequency. That implies an oscillating EM field at a frequency which is practically useful for radio transmissions. This is a transient EM field disturbance. Same mechanism more or less, but it's not really 'radio'. I'm sure many will disagree but that's my opinion on it.
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Yes I agree with you, RF is not the good term in this case. I wanted to compare it to RF transmissions which are oscillations in the EM field.