Does waving a magnet back and fourth produce an EM wave?

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If you take a permanent magnet and wave it back and fourth, or even just move it along in one direction, this seems like it should create an electromagnetic wave.

If so, how would one compute the frequency, and could you possibly detect it with a radio if you shielded it from other noise?
 
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It does, it's frequency is the frequency that you are waving at it, and the amplitude is so low as to render detection very difficult.