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Old January 3rd 08, 08:13 PM posted to rec.radio.amateur.antenna
Richard Clark Richard Clark is offline
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Default Standing-Wave Current vs Traveling-Wave Current

On Thu, 3 Jan 2008 11:19:26 -0800 (PST), Keith Dysart
wrote:

Hint: electrons cannot move at the speed of
light. EM waves move at the speed of light.


I love these built-in failures of argument. :-)

Shine the sun on a pie pan. How fast is light moving in getting
through it? How fast is an electron moving in getting through it?

Is light traveling at the speed of light? Would it travel faster than
an electron if we took out the pie? Would it travel faster than an
electron if we kept the pie and took out the pan?

73's
Richard Clark, KB7QHC