Re: scopes and measurements

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Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <FutureT-at-aol-dot-com>

In a message dated 1/14/03 6:59:18 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
tesla-at-pupman-dot-com writes:


>I was really
>surprised to that the lower coupling as it seems was transferring energy
>faster.  Why does this happen?


Steve,

With lower coupling, the energy transfers slower, and the distance
(time) to the first notch is longer.  But the system runs out of energy
by the time the first notch occurs so it quenches then, instead of
transfering one or more times additionally.

John