Cecil Moore wrote:

Jim Kelley wrote:

We apparently each have our own approach for trying to quash the
spewing of claptrap science on r.r.a.a. I wish you better luck with
yours than I've had with mine.


Reflected EM waves existing without energy is one of
the bigger claptrap science concepts on this newsgroup.

For the record, you're the only one who has ever made any reference
waves existing without energy on this newsgroup.

I doubt that you will understand it any better this time, but for the
authoritative explanation of the concept (which you have always
totally misconstrued), please refer to page 47 of Born and Wolf, 6th
Edition. Under the heading "Total Reflection" you will find the
following: "All the incident light is then reflected back into the
first medium and we speak of total reflection. Nevertheless the
electromagnetic field in the second medium does not disappear, only
there is not longer a flow of energy across the boundary."

73, ac6xg