[SOC] Eclipse?

[Walter - K5EST]

John slide one them pints  my way K1SWL has me head spin'n

Walter, K5EST ⚓
ZUT ... CW Forever!




On Mon, Apr 8, 2024, 4:33 PM John Bell <john.f5vhc at gmail.com> wrote:

> Oh cripes its more complicated than I thought it would be better just to
> stay in the pub. Another pint please landlord and make it quick
> 56. jhno
>
> On Mon, 8 Apr 2024 at 22:02, Dave Fairchilds <dfairchilds at sbcglobal.net>
> wrote:
>
> > Whoa….are you saying that as they get higher that they actually
> accelerate
> > to a speed faster than when they left the antenna?  And they move in a
> > Front?  And Curve?
> >
> > No more calls folks, we have a winner….for the “least knowledgeable Ham
> on
> > Earth“  award.  And I thought I was dumb, mediocre, marginally gifted.
> > Sheesh.
> >
> > 71-72 whatever it took (sic).
> >
> >
> > Sent from my iPad
> >
> > > On Apr 8, 2024, at 12:54, Dave Benson <davek1swl at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > John-
> > >
> > > Actually- there is a little bendiness (that's a word).  As the air gets
> > > thinner at altitude, radio waves move a little faster- a 'wavefront'
> that
> > > tilts a little to follow the earth's curvature.
> > >
> > > ....and with that appalling breach of etiquette, I may have to be
> drummed
> > > out of the SOC.
> > >
> > > 73,72- whatever it takes....
> > >
> > > Dave 'smarty-pants' Benson, K1SWL
> > >
> > >> On Mon, Apr 8, 2024 at 1:47 PM John Bell <john.f5vhc at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > >>
> > >> It isn't flat here, I've got hills. How does that work then?
> > >> nhjo 56
> > >>
> > >> On Mon, 8 Apr 2024 at 18:06, Frank Wroblewski <w2xyzfrank at gmail.com>
> > >> wrote:
> > >>
> > >>> Of course it's flat.  If it wasn't flat the UK would be on the other
> > and
> > >>> our signals would never reach the UK. Radio waves radiate, not bend
> > >> around
> > >>> corners.
> > >>> 73,
> > >>> Frank W2XYZ
> > >>> SOC #1399
> > >>>
> > >>> On Mon, Apr 8, 2024, 12:17 PM Chris, G5VZ <chris at chrispearson.co.uk>
> > >>> wrote:
> > >>>
> > >>>> On 08/04/2024 15:03, G B via SOC wrote:
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> I am getting a bit confused now. It seems that some ops think the
> > >> earth
> > >>>> is round and not flat.
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>> It's an elipse.
> > >>>>
> > >>>> That's the point!
> > >>>>
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