Ddraudt, for my part I didn't mean to convey negativity (not sure if CalvinJ is taking aim at me?) - I'm genuinely interested in the principles at work here. Hopefully if there is some 'breakthrough' involved with the HF cables, there will be a way of producing a trickle down version at lower cost. Cheers.
PS - I wanted to let this one go:
01-14-15: Csmgolf........
As to the statement about electrons of opposite polarity, they do exist and are called positrons. Same mass as an electron but with a positive charge, so the statement is conceivable at least in that regard.......[/quote]
But I seriously doubt Rick Schultz is proposing positrons are being produced (nor that there would be any benefit in doing so): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Positron
PS - I wanted to let this one go:
01-14-15: Csmgolf........
As to the statement about electrons of opposite polarity, they do exist and are called positrons. Same mass as an electron but with a positive charge, so the statement is conceivable at least in that regard.......[/quote]
But I seriously doubt Rick Schultz is proposing positrons are being produced (nor that there would be any benefit in doing so): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Positron