Cecil Moore wrote:
Gene Fuller wrote:
If every interaction between objects requires that somehow the charge
is transferred to keep things "identical", how did those nasty dust
particles get charged in the first place?

Huh? It is you who says the dust particles carry exactly the
same charge as the antenna they are encountering. Otherwise,
there is current flow in the antenna system which you deny.

I am not arguing about antenna noise. I am questioning your misuse of
physics. There are no charge equalization laws.

Huh? Place a charge on a wire. Doesn't current flow in
both directions until the charge is equalized throughout
the conductor? Did my college professors lie to me?

Cecil,

If your college professors actually said that, then yes, they lied.

Try looking in any basic physics text. I believe you will find
discussion of electrostatic forces, equipotential surfaces, fields, and
Gauss' law. It is doubtful that you will find any technical description
of charge equalization.

Simply grabbing random techno-factoids and assembling them into some
sort of support for your case does not really help.


(I said nothing about dust particles. I merely asked you how they got
charged.)

73,
Gene
W4SZ