VK6VZ looking for AM contacts with North America
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G'day
I am looking for AM contacts most days on 29.010MHz from 2300Z until after
0000Z.
I've been making CW contacts as far east as CT at this time (as ...
1 hour ago
I just love Minute Physics! Thanks, Bill.
ReplyDeleteInteresting! If electron drift is only .0000000001% of the speed of light then it takes 3.5 + minutes for a charge to transit a one foot long wire? That accounts for my slow signals!
ReplyDeleteHow long is YOUR antenna?
Ooops! Slip of the calculator! Just under a millisecond. But still much much too slow. Nearly a second for a thousand foot wire.
ReplyDeleteIndividual electrons take a surprisingly long time to move through wire (they are VERY small!)
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What moves rapidly is the ENERGY we are producing!
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