[Antennaware] Speed

[Joe Subich, W4TV]

It's not added energy ... it's the absence of drag once the RF 
hits the antenna.  Consider if you were running through a pool 
of water chest deep .... you would be able to run at maybe 25% 
of your speed in air.  If that pool has a sloped bottom your 
forward speed would increase as the depth of water (drag) 
decreased. 

73, 

    ... Joe Subich, W4TV 
        microHAM America, LLC. 
        www.microHAM-USA.com 

 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: antennaware-bounces at contesting.com 
> [mailto:antennaware-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Alexandru
> Sent: Saturday, November 12, 2005 9:40 AM
> To: antennaware at contesting.com
> Subject: [Antennaware] Speed
> 
> 
> I have this nagging question that begs to be answered :)
> 
> If the Radio Waves are traveling at, say 66% of c, in my 
> feeder how come 
> they are accelerating
> to about c once they leaving the antennae ? Where is the added energy 
> coming from?
> 
> Goggling for this has not given any satisfactory answers :(
> 
> TIA,
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