Cecil Moore wrote:

Jim Kelley wrote:
Would you assert that what happens during the transient period and what
happens during the steady state are even necessarily the same thing?

Does some new particle of physics manifest itself during steady-state?

The two questions are not equivalent. Yours is ludicrous. Sorta like
this:
"Measured near field photons may simply recombine with the antenna's
free electrons and not contribute to far field radiation."

Onward through the fog.

73, Jim AC6XG