Cecil Moore wrote:
Tom Donaly wrote:
I don't blame him for plonking you. You're saying that because you
fantasized that Roy would make a mistake that Roy would never make,
that he also made the same mistake when measuring the delay through a
coil.

Sorry Tom, that is a diversion. The subject is NOT the delay
through a coil. The present subject is the delay through a
straight wire which is well understood. Please deal with the
topic at hand. If you refuse, we will know that you are not
sincere as far as technical facts are concerned.

Please ask Roy to prove that the current on a standing wave
antenna can be used to measure the delay through a straight
piece of wire that is x degrees long. If so, exactly how is
it done?

Roy is NOT omniscient. He definitely made the mistake but
like most gurus, refuses to admit it. You want to sweep the
mistake under the rug through diversions but I won't allow
you to do that. Once you and Roy admit that the current on
a standing wave antenna cannot be used to calculate delay,
everything else will become clear.

Please feel free to contact Roy by private email to resolve
the issue. Roy has, so far, simply stuck his head in the
sandbags and refused to respond. I'm sure he would have
advised you to plonk me instead of engaging me, for fear
of being proved wrong.

Yet, he admitted years ago that the phase of current in a
standing wave antenna varies by a very small amount. He
is presently trying to have his cake and eat it too. In
the process, he (and you as a supporter) are hoodwinking
the unwashed masses. Shame on all of you.

No, it's not a diversion. You're making up things in your head.
The original controversy involved a claim by you that the coil in
a short, mobile antenna made up for the degrees lost in said
shortened antenna. You were wrong. Now you've changed the subject to
a half wave dipole, attributing to Roy a position he would never take.
That's an old, stupid trick a woman might use in a domestic argument,
but it won't work here. I know you have a pathological need to
win every argument (you ought to talk that over with your analyst) but
that's no reason anyone should waste time agreeing with you.
73,
Tom Donaly, KA6RUH