On 7/2/2010 8:59 PM, • R. L. Measures. wrote:

Fellow amateur radio operators: Over the past 14-yrs I have been
jackbooted numerous times off of amateur radio discussion groups
because I critiqued somewhat less than technically correct statements
by a male friend of the moderator/censor.
..snip.. are you comfortable with the statement: that dipmeters are
useless because they simultaneously couple to everything within several
feet? or how anout: resistance wire has reverse RF skin-effect at HF?



Dip meters do couple to conductors in the near field.
Current density of resistive wire does increease with depth. Call that
reverse skin effect if you like?

Brian W