"Cecil Moore" wrote
Of course, you have deviated considerably from the original
infinite number of coherent sources.

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You guys sure know how to enjoy yourselves trying to analyse
hypothetical situations.

Without any loss in precision, just imagine an isotropic receiver
surrounded by 6 equal intensity beams focussed upon it. Forget all
about an infinite number of radiators.

Or, better still, forget all about the original exceedingly
ill-defined question by a leg-puller. You have been trolled. You
should be ashamed of yourselves for being taken in by such a question.

By the way, the subject of "antenna gains" is amongst the most
confusing of all old-wives' tales. It's worse than so-called VSWR
measurements on non-existent transmission lines. Or from which ends,
or the middle bit, of a dipole does the radiation occur.
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Reg.