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Old 11-11-2008, 09:42 PM
Zuts
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Hi,

The answer to the second question is NO.

The speed of light in a medium like air or glass is governed by its refractive index see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speed_of_light. For example the speed of light in glass is less than the speed of light in air which is less than the speed of light in a vacume.

I dont believe this applies to radio waves in the same way so i would say radio waves in the atmosphere are faster than light waves.

Regardless, this still means that the speed of a particlar light beam is the same for all observers.

Cheers
Paul
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