[83705] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Semi-on-topic: Light that travels faster than the speed of light?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steve Meuse)
Mon Aug 22 15:35:44 2005
Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2005 13:31:36 -0600
From: Steve Meuse <smeuse@gmail.com>
To: peter@peter-dambier.de
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <4308E885.1020900@peter-dambier.de>
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On 8/21/05, Peter Dambier <peter@peter-dambier.de> wrote:
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> I have had a look into one of my microwave books. I have seen in coax
> cables the speed of lite drop to 90% or 80% depending on the insulator,
> the dielectric.
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I believe this is referred to as "velocity factor".
-Steve
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-Steve
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<br><div><span class=3D"gmail_quote">On 8/21/05, <b class=3D"gmail_senderna=
me">Peter Dambier</b> <<a href=3D"mailto:peter@peter-dambier.de">peter@p=
eter-dambier.de</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" styl=
e=3D"border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; =
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<br>I have had a look into one of my microwave books. I have seen in coax<b=
r>cables the speed of lite drop to 90% or 80% depending on the insulator,<b=
r>the dielectric.<br></blockquote></div><br>
I believe this is referred to as "velocity factor".<br>
<br>
-Steve<br>
<br clear=3D"all"><br>-- <br><br>-Steve
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