[TowerTalk] RF Ground is not a Myth

[Bill Aycock]

Bryan--
I asked him how he felt about point sources or radiation in free space, but 
got no answer.
Bill--W4BSG

-----Original Message----- 
From: Bryan Fields
Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2015 11:51 PM
To: towertalk at 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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Bryan Fields

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