Cecil Moore wrote:
Gene Fuller wrote:
No one has ever said that there is a 3 ns delay *through* the coil.

That's simply a false statement. Here's W8JI exact words:

"On 80-meters ... time delay is about 3nS. How does the
current travel through the inductor so fast?

Gene, "through the inductor" is through the coil. W8JI
said there is a 3 ns delay *through* the coil. W7EL
seems to agree.

Cecil,

You're losing your touch. That isn't exactly a subtle selective quote.

Here are the rest of the words following the question, "How does the
current travel through the inductor so fast?"

"At first this seems impossible, but the answer is actually quite
obvious. Time-varying current gives rise to time-varying magnetic flux.
This magnetic flux, since conductor spacing is close and the distance
very small, links the starting turn very tightly to the next turn. The
rapidly changing magnetic flux causes charges to move in the next
conductor, and the changing magnetic field couples through all the close
spaced turns with very little time delay. It is this magnetic flux
coupling that provides the primary mechanism for energy transfer through
the inductor, and the path is much shorter than the circuitous and much
longer path along the conductor."


But you already knew that . .

73,
Gene
W4SZ