Einstein, Cat, Radio was Re: [CQ-Contest] Pete Grillo,s magic!

[Haddon/N6ZFO]

Eugene Walsh wrote:
 > I think it was Albert Einstein (Not certain) who mused
  about the wonder, mystery and magic of it when asked to explain radio.
 >
 > He said that it was like the telegraph, which he thought of as pulling the
 > tail of a cat in New York,


The quote as I have it:

An Explanation of Radio

"You see, wire telegraph is a kind of a very, very long cat. You pull his tail 
in New York and his head is meowing in Los Angeles. Do you understand this? And 
radio operates exactly the same way: you send signals here, they receive them 
there. The only difference is that there is no cat."

Albert Einstein

73 and Meow, Bill N6ZFO







> Peter Grillo, W0RTT, AH3C et al. wrote:
> 
> --Thanks for opening a window into the technical world and mystery of
> --spotting.  I back off from mystery, but radio is magic.  Magic is fun.
> So,
> --who knows, you might hear me in contests from my home QTH this fall for
> the
> --first time .  My call sign will never be spotted from my QTH.  Just RF!!!
> 
> I couldn't agree more about the magic.  The happening of it, the experience,
> is the magic.
> 
> I think it was Albert Einstein (Not certain) who mused about the wonder,
> mystery and magic
> of it when asked to explain radio.
> 
> He said that it was like the telegraph, which he thought of as pulling the
> tail of a cat in New York,
> causing the cat to scream in San Francisco.  Radio, he said, was just like
> that but without the cat.
> 
> N2AA
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