On Sat, 1 Dec 2007 21:47:47 -0500, "AI4QJ" wrote:


I dearly would like to see them sign on to the notion that a coil has
some inherent, fixed delay characteristic such as you describe (you
are describing that aren't you, now's the time to correct this mistake
of mine if I have made one).

In an inductor, current lags voltage. If you connect a resitor and a coil in
parallel and apply AC, EE101 tells you that, although the phase of the
voltage across them stays the same, the current is "delayed" by the phase
angle in the inductor when compared to current in the resistor. So, yes, in
this very fundamental sense there is a fixed delay. If this weren't so, I
assure you the world we live in just wouldn't be the same and there would be
no such thing as ham radio ;-))

Hi Dan,

I will then proceed to interpret this as to mean I made no mistake,
and a coil (not a coil and resistor, nor a coil and something else, I
did not ask about externalities) exhibits a fixed delay. Elaboration
is equally unnecessary. Correct me if you meant something else; but,
please and again, do not inject other issues into what I have written.
If you feel that you must, I have to say this is not what is being
discussed and that your concerns are not representative of the topic.
I have no interest in belaboring the obvious.

Do you, or can you (as has Cecil, and presumably Arthur) assign an
immutable angle (at one frequency) value that is inherent in Tom's or
Cecil's coil? I care little if it is correct, demonstrable, or can be
derived from any principles - simply can you offer a fixed
quantifiable? If you find this a strange request, then I would again
suggest you have missed the boat. This is not a flame, because it
sank a long time ago with all hands on board.

73's
Richard Clark, KB7QHC