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