gravity wrote:

"Cecil Moore" wrote in message
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Tom Donaly wrote:

How about learning some experimental technique?

I would if it was necessary, Tom. But I am relying on
the 2000 ARRL Handbook just as I rely on it for many
facts:

"Precipitation static is an almost continuous hash-type noise
that often accompanies various kinds of precipitation, including
snowfall. Precipitation static is caused by rain drops, snowflakes
or even *wind-blown dust*, transferring a small electrical charge
on contact with an antenna."

The onus is upon you, Tom. Please prove the ARRL to have made
false statements.
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Cecil, the ARRL handbook is *not* an academic journal. it's fine to quote
from it, but it's also not the definitive work of electromagnetic theory.

Gravity


73, Cecil http://www.qsl.net/w5dxp




It's also a poor substitute for experimentation. Even people who
actually could think rationally, like Maxwell, Faraday, and the
others, had to base their theories on experimental evidence.
Of course, since Cecil once belonged to Mensa, all he has to
do is think something to make it true.
73,
Tom Donaly, KA6RUH