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Re: [TowerTalk] RF Ground is not a Myth

To: "'Bryan Fields'" <Bryan@bryanfields.net>, <towertalk@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] RF Ground is not a Myth
From: "Wes Attaway \(N5WA\)" <wesattaway@bellsouth.net>
Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2015 15:37:59 -0600
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Oops ..... I should have attributed the RF Ground posting to Dr. James
Duffy. KK6MC.

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Wes Attaway (N5WA)
(318) 393-3289 - Shreveport, LA
Computer/Cellphone Forensics
EnCase Certified Examiner
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-----Original Message-----
From: TowerTalk [mailto:towertalk-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Bryan
Fields
Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2015 11:52 PM
To: towertalk@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] RF Ground is not a Myth

On 1/19/15, 9:29 PM, James Duffey wrote:
> The RF ground is a useful theoretical construct. This theoretical
construct
> is a result of solid thinking. 

Believing in something does not make it so.

> Given that it is hard to realize in
> practice, but it does have its use in understanding current flow in RF
> circuits, the practical problems in implementing a useful ground, and why
> we have problems in circuits that we don't think should have problems.
> Simply put, an RF ground is an infinite source or sink of carriers,
> delivered or received with minimal delay. That of course is not
realizable,
> but understanding why the carriers cannot be delivered or absorbed with
> minimal delay helps a great deal in understanding the practical
> implementation of circuits we design.

Literally nothing is correct in that paragraph.

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