Well done Stephen! To make the measurement truly accessible to all, the next step would be to eliminate the digital scope, replacing it with a handful of inexpensive digital components. One could use a fast clocked counter IC started by the near end signal and stopped by the far end one.
Michel ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stephen A. Lawrence" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Vortex" <vortex-l@eskimo.com> Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2007 3:40 AM Subject: [Vo]: Speed of light confirmed > OK, I admit it, this is pretty boring. But you folks are the only > people I can think of who might possibly respond to this with something > other than a glazed look and the question, "You did what? Uh ... why?" > > The answer, of course, is "just cause I wanted to see for myself". > > Basement measurement of the speed of an EM wave (sorry, it's not really > _light_, just a wave in a wire): > > http://www.physicsinsights.org/speed_of_light_1.html > > Home office measurement of the speed of sound: > > http://www.physicsinsights.org/speed_of_sound_1.html >
