Richard Clark wrote:
Cecil Moore wrote:
I said something about +/- 50% accuracy.
The linear delay calculation is off by 59%, not too far from
my 50% rough estimate.

error is growing faster than the national debt. ;-)

Now, that is certainly a lie. :-) Remember, W8JI said that
any answer is better than no answer. That presumably includes
his wrong answers. :-)

Stretching your
tolerance for error to fit your argument can lead to any conclusion.

It's not a tolerance for error. It's a recognition that the
answer is, so far, unknown. I've said it befo The delay
through the coil is what it is and we don't know exactly what
it is. That it is difficult to estimate or measure has absolutely
no effect on its value in reality.

What we know for sure is that the presuppositions of the
lumped-circuit model indeed do violate the laws of physics.
Faster than light propagation through a coil comes to mind.

I am admittedly surprised to see the velocity factor fall
so rapidly with frequency. My surprise has absolutely no
effect on reality. I just use the scientific method to
adjust my concepts and move on. However, to paraphrase an old
TV commercial, "It's not nice to fool Father Guru". The earth
may reduce to a quantum singularity when the r.r.a.a gurus
recognize their errors. :-)
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73, Cecil http://www.qsl.net/w5dxp