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On Sat, 6 Mar 2004 18:45:48 +0000 (UTC), "Reg Edwards"
wrote: A TALE OF TWO OLD WIVES There are two cantankerous old wives: One old wife asserts it is obvious radiation occurs mainly from the middle portion of a dipole because that's where the current is strongest and the magnetic field is most concentrated. The other old wife asserts it is obvious radiation occurs mainly from the ends of a dipole because that's where the highest voltages occur and the electric field is most intense. Then there is our THIRD OLD WIFE who sitting at her kitchen table looking out the window at the first two, takes notes of their argument, sets them aside and returns to measuring mud's recuperative powers and bottling it as a nostrum at the next fair. What is the Q of her mud? When the early English author, Samuel Richardson, wrote his ground breaking novel "Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded" it was met immediately by Henry Fielding's sardonic "Shamela." Fielding was responding to the arrogance of the subtitles in that first work: "Aggressive Chastity" and "Provocative Prudence"; dare I point out the parallels (non resonant) that attract me to these current ironies? 73's, Richard Clark, KB7QHC p.s. for those who take umbrage at favourable quotation of eminent British authors (oddly enough, Brits), please note this missive has been sprinkled with on-topic references of: ground[breaking], Field[ing], parallel[s], resonant, current and one technical enquiry for Q that will no doubt be ignored in favor of off-topic condemnations of these sources. ;-) |