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Old May 23rd 06, 06:00 PM posted to rec.radio.amateur.antenna
Roy Lewallen
 
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Default FIGHT? Here is another W8JI myth bone!

Richard Harrison wrote:
Gene Fuller wrote:
"Terman certainly did not deny the existence of skin effect that keeps
fields out of the interior of conductors.'

true. The point is, shielding from magnetic fields is different from
electric fields. On page 35 of his 1955 edition, Terman writes:
"Magnetic flux in attempting to pass through a shield (copper or
aluminum) induces voltage in the shield which gives rise to eddy
currents. These eddy currents oppose the action of the flux, and in
large measure prevent its penetration through the shield."
. . .


Am I mistaken, but is this not a clear statement that a copper or
aluminum shield will block magnetic flux, along with an explanation of
why it happens?

Roy Lewallen, W7EL