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Not a constant electric current but a changing one will generate electromagnetic waves.

First: If you have a lone electron, and it is accelerated in any way, it will send off an electromagnetic wave. This is because a changing electric field generates a magnetic field.

It is also true that changing magnetic field will generate an electric field. This is the reason that if you have an electric current, which is generating a magnetic field, and you change the current you generate an electromagnetic wave. To generate a continuous sinusoidal electromagnetic wave you continuously change the current sinusoidally.

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What is the direction of propagation of an electromagnetic wave?

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What starts the vibration of the electric and magnetic fields in an electromagnetic wave?

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Is an electric field associated with an electromagnetic wave constant in time?

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