8000km opening at 40 MHz from South Africa to Australia - 16th Apr 2024
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As we move further into April, the F2 layer propagation in the northern
hemisphere is getting worse on the higher HF bands but in contrast, things
are im...
4 hours 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!
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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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