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.
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73, Cecil http://www.w5dxp.com