Cecil,

Nice try.

You first.

Describe how you set up this coherent wave/anti-wave pair that happily
travel together for some indeterminate distance. Then I will describe
what happens when at some arbitrary point and time they decide to
annihilate.

I will repeat one more time, since you did not seem to understand
previously.

* Maxwell's equations are all that is needed.

* Interference is *derived* from the correct application of Maxwell's
equations. It is not an independent physical entity.

* Interference may be "intuitive" and it may help your understanding,
but it adds precisely nothing to the physics of the problem. Everything
you believe is buried in the magic of interference is already built into
Maxwell's equations.

73,
Gene
W4SZ



Cecil Moore wrote:
Gene Fuller wrote:

There is no need to invoke interference or wave cancellation to
explain anything, ...


But there is, Gene. It's the only way to correct the present
misinformation and old wives' tales being promoted on this
newsgroup. It is obvious that the r.r.a.a poster who
understands the role that interference plays in the
conservation of RF energy is very rare.

There is a conspiracy to keep this information from
surfacing - "Nothing new", "no need", "irrelevant",
"who cares?" Why are you guys afraid to discuss the
technical details?

This should be an easy question to answer. If two coherent
waves of 50 joules/sec each, are traveling in the same
path in the same direction and are 180 degrees out of
phase, they cancel in that direction of travel. What
happens to their 50+50 joules/sec? Hint: energy doesn't
cancel and there are only two possible directions. Can
you spell R-E-F-L-E-C-T-I-O-N?