On Sat, 19 Feb 2011 18:36:25 -0600, tom wrote:

How do the electrons get through the dirt?

Having not read most of the nonsense that attends this kind of side
thread, I will dip my oar into this anyway and ask:

How do the electrons get through the air? (especially when, in their
ferocious struggle, they usually light up the night with corona in the
best of worst performance that rarely achieves propagation beyond an
inch).

73's
Richard Clark, KB7QHC