Roy Lewallen wrote:
I've mentioned before that readers, like a group of triaged medical
patients, fall into three general categories:

1. Those who have made up their minds and won't have them changed no
matter what you say or what evidence you present;
2. Those who already agree with what you're saying;
3. Those who are willing to read what you say and can be convinced.

:-) As is usual for omniscient gurus, Roy doesn't even
comprehend that there is a number 4.

4. Those who question what you say and can prove that you are
wrong.

Is it possible for Roy to be wrong? How about using standing-
wave current with its unchanging phase to try to measure the
phase shift through a loading coil? Roy actually did exactly
that and, at last assertion, defends those ignorant
measurements. He still hasn't comprehended what he did wrong.

The day a guru forgets that 4th possibility above is the
day that he becomes an obsolete historical artifact. Two
waves redistribute their energy components in different
directions. How in the world is that not interaction?

Quotes from two web pages from the field of optical engineering:

www.mellesgriot.com/products/optics/oc_2_1.htm

"Clearly, if the wavelength of the incident light and the thickness
of the film are such that a phase difference exists between reflections
of p, then reflected wavefronts interfere destructively, and overall
reflected intensity is a minimum. If the two reflections are of equal
amplitude, then this amplitude (and hence intensity) minimum will be
zero." (Referring to 1/4 wavelength ideal thin films.)

"In the absence of absorption or scatter, the principle of conservation
of energy indicates all 'lost' reflected intensity will appear as
enhanced intensity in the transmitted beam. The sum of the reflected and
transmitted beam intensities is always equal to the incident intensity.
This important fact has been confirmed experimentally."

micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/java/scienceopticsu/interference/waveinteractions/index.html

"... when two waves of equal amplitude and wavelength that are
180-degrees ... out of phase with each other meet, they are not actually
annihilated, ... All of the photon energy present in these waves must
somehow be recovered or *redistributed* in a new direction, according to
the law of energy conservation ... Instead, upon meeting, the photons
are *redistributed* to regions that permit constructive interference, so
the effect should be considered as a *redistribution* of light waves and
photon energy rather than the spontaneous construction or destruction of
light."

Here is a question for Roy: Lurkers with inquiring minds want to know:
How can a redistribution of energy in affected waves occur without
interaction between the waves? Magic? Divine intervention? What?
--
73, Cecil http://www.w5dxp.com