Topband: Ground Conductivity

[marsh at ka5m.net]

"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

Marsh, KA5M


-----Original Message-----
From: Topband <topband-bounces+marsh=ka5m.net at contesting.com> On Behalf Of
Roy Morgan
Sent: Tuesday, March 24, 2020 10:42 AM
To: GEORGE WALLNER <aa7jv at atlanticbb.net>
Cc: Topband at contesting.com
Subject: Re: Topband: Ground Conductivity

George,

Your comment about over simplifying reminds me of a very early explanation
of radio communication - or was it telegraph?  I can remember only a little:

"It's like wiggling the tail of a cat. It makes a sound at the other end.
Only there's no cat."

Does anyone have that quote?

Roy Morgan
K1LKY Western Mass

> On Mar 24, 2020, at 9:21 AM, GEORGE WALLNER wrote:
> 
> ...but I am over simplifying...
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