  We fill a gap in the arguments of Boykin et al [American Journal of Physics,
Vol 70 No. 4, pp 415-420 (2002)] by not invoking an electric current loop (i.e.
magnetic dipole model) to account for the radiation energy loss, since an
obvious corollary of their results is that the capacitors should radiate
directly even if the connecting wires are shrunk to zero length. That this is
so is shown here by a direct derivation of capacitor radiation using an
oscillating electric dipole radiator model for the capacitors as well as the
alternative less widely known magnetic 'charge' current loop representation for
an electric dipole [see for example "Electromagnetic Waves" by S.A.Schlekunoff,
van Nostrand (1948)]. Implications for Electromagnetic Compliance (EMC) issues
as well as novel antenna designs further motivate the purpose of this paper.

Classical Physics;General Physics