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Old October 14th 10, 12:38 PM posted to rec.radio.amateur.antenna
Cecil Moore Cecil Moore is offline
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On Oct 14, 2:47*am, "Szczepan Bialek" wrote:
I know what is in books. I am interesting in the reality. Now I know that in
a cristal radio the electrons flow from an antenna to ground because there
is the diode.


You are confusing the impulse (photonic) flow of EM energy, with the
electron carriers which move hardly at all at HF. Hint: Electrons
cannot move at the speed of light yet we know that EM energy moves at
the speed of light.

In a somewhat similar manner, the impulse energy in a tsunami wave
travels a lot faster than the water molecule carriers which move
mostly up and down. Tsunami waves are hardly noticeable in the open
ocean.
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73, Cecil, w5dxp.com