On Tue, 11 Oct 2005 16:57:51 GMT, Cecil Moore wrote:
I dug up some calculations from sci.physics.electromag
which you recite here; then in sci.physics.electromag you can quote
their use by authorities (sic both times) in
rec.radio.amateur.antenna....
This appeal is called a circle of friendship - not evidence.
Actually, it is called an argumentum ad verecundiam, an appeal
to authority - a technical authority in this case.

Actually - you have said nothing that removes this from a circle of
old wives sitting around the stove in the kitchen.

Name dropping is not an appeal to authority, nor are third hand
quotes.