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Old January 15th 08, 03:50 AM posted to rec.radio.amateur.antenna
Cecil Moore Cecil Moore is offline
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Default Standing morphing to travelling waves, and other stupid notions

On Jan 14, 4:22 pm, Jim Kelley wrote:
A standing wave, yet presumably not an electromagnetic wave! ;-)


EM waves necessarily travel at the speed of light in a medium. Does a
standing wave travel at the speed of light? If your answer is 'yes',
where does it go? If your answer is 'no', it is not an EM wave.
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73, Cecil, w5dxp.com