On Thu, 29 Nov 2007 17:44:39 -0600, Cecil Moore
wrote:
Jim's point is that it can be done!
In that particular coil at 4 MHz - no, it cannot be done.

On Thu, 29 Nov 2007 17:50:36 -0600, Cecil Moore
wrote:
The measured delay through my 75m bugcatcher coil is 25 nS.

In one case, the measurement "cannot be done," and in another case 6
minutes later it can be done; and the difference all because of one
"particular" coil?

That is
1. the first coil is one mighty particular coil; or
2. no measurement was done for the second, not so particular coil.

Of course, for those who readily admit that English is not their best
language of communication (and their writing tends to support that
excuse); then we could be encountering:
1. another meaning, generally unknown or archaic, for particular; or
2. another meaning, generally unknown or archaic, for measurement; or
3. both.

My bet is the answer will not hinge on blaming poor spelling, failing
eyesight, a slip in thought, or the wrong meter setting (rubber
crutches of the past), but ultimately a novel definition of the word
"measurement" which will reveal a visit to the bench is superfluous to
the conceptual clarity of it all = intellectual mooching.

Of course, a novel definition of particular would amuse us all....