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Old January 23rd 05, 03:11 PM
Brian Reay
 
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In uk.radio.amateur Brian Reay

wrote:
Don't worry about it Bob, "zzzpk" has a problem with people who prove

him
wrong. Welcome to the club ;-)


But he's not wrong at all. It is indeed a ratio - C is proportional to

1/d
so why the argument?


Because the would be stated as:

C is INVERSELY proportional to d

An other example, from the RF field, is the 'inverse square law'. If your
interpretation were correct it would be the "square law".

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Brian Reay
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