Hello Eric!
25 Oct 96 15:50, Eric Smith wrote to Mike Bilow:
 MB>  > ES>> If you have one with a long enough extension on it, unplug
 MB>  > ES>> it from your TV and slowly just push it back in without
 >>  > ES> screwing or touching the outside parts. You will see you TV
 >>  > ES> signal come to life. It works this way because of the Skin
 >>  > ES> effect.
 MB>MB>> This is dead wrong.
(There is some weird quoting going on here!)
 ES> Then how do you explain it then. Does it have a secret transmitter
 ES> and transmits the signal through the air????
YES!
 ES> How does it complete the circuit?
There doesn't *need* to be a circuit! It's an aerial, *radiating* power...
 ES> Tell me what your credentials are.
Electronics student.
 ES> But that is just about where the similarities end. Light is immune
 ES> from electromagnetic interference. And going over fiber, it doesn't
 ES> have the db loss like the electrical currents do.
Likewise, electrical currents travelling along a zero-loss path 
(superconducting material) would have very low (zero!) dB losses.
Jonathan
... Mary had a little lamb.  The doctor was quite surprised.
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