[Amps] 10dB and propagation

[Bill Fuqua]

I don't think there was any mention of gravity waves.
Bending of light by gravity is a result of the fact that light has finite 
speed and
that acceleration due to gravity is no different from acceleration due to
displacement of distance.  The elevator illustration. No waves needed.

73
Bill wa4lav


At 07:12 AM 2/8/2005 -0800, R.Measures wrote:

>On Feb 8, 2005, at 5:38 AM, Ian White G3SEK wrote:
>
>>R. Measures wrote:
>>>Indeed, Yuri.  In the early 1900s, when an Austrian patent office clerk 
>>>and amateur physicist theorized that photons (which have zero-mass and 
>>>travel at the speed of light) were bent by gravity-waves, many 
>>>recognized experts said it can't be and laughed.
>>>Decades later, someone measured the time-interval of light from a more 
>>>distant star passing behind a massive star and re-emerging.
>>>The  photon / gravity-wave theory was correct.
>>
>>When measurements don't fit in with everything we already know, real 
>>scientists and engineers are trained to ask themselves:
>>
>>"Is this something really new - am I really another Einstein? Or did I 
>>simply get it wrong?"
>The question is simply: Is my HP-355 step-attenuator set intermittently 
>off by 3db?
>>
>>--
>>73 from Ian G3SEK    ...
>
>Richard L. Measures, AG6K, 805.386.3734.  www.somis.org
>
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