On Sat, 04 Sep 2004 17:04:49 GMT, Richard Clark wrote:

(and it is the molecular polarization and
relaxation moment that causes this, not conductivity)
On Sat, 4 Sep 2004 22:56:12 +0000 (UTC), "Reg Edwards"
wrote:

You all seem to have forgotten the very high permittivity of water. Does
this not affect reflectivity? A question for Cecil?


Ah Punchinello!

Clowning as ever, I see. A seque from the world's worst conductor to
the world's worst dielectric? This is the price of superlatives in
place of engineering specifics. Whatsamatta, did you defrock your
saint Kelvin?

What is the loss tangent of the mud in your garden Reggie? ;-)

Well, anticipating your typical loss for a response, and for others, a
nice round value of 1 is easily within rough accuracy. Corrections
(not speculations) are encouraged. Be specific.

73's
Richard Clark, KB7QHC