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oldhippie

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17. Thanks ....

Reply to Ichingcarpenter (Reply #16)

Thu May 1, 2014, 09:50 AM

May 2014

yes, I am familiar with Rayleigh scattering. I guess the article author just got his words mis-arranged. It sounded like he was talking about "particles" of RF spectrum, rather than the tail fin as a "particle." I still don't see his point in the article how the tail fin affects VHF waves any differently than usual.

Anyway, you made me go to Wikipedia and refresh my memory about Rayleigh scattering, which I hadn't done in a LONG time. So thanks again for that.

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