It seems like I learn something every day from this list. I've always thought the Uncertainty Principle referred to the uncertainty I always seem to have about whether or not the DXpedition Op actually got my call right ...
73, Fred K6DGW - Northern California Contest Club - CU in the 2011 Cal QSO Party 1-2 Oct 2011 - www.cqp.org "Experience is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted." Jimmy John On 5/16/2011 10:21 AM, k...@baymoon.com wrote: > Actually, Heisenberg's uncertainty principal had to do with trying to > determine the position and velocity of an electron through observation. > Since, in order to observe the electron one would have to bounce a photon > off of it, the act of observation (e.g. hitting it with a photon) would > change its position or velocity making the observation invalid since the > electron is no longer traveling as it was prior to the observation. ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html