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Old April 23rd 09, 09:22 PM posted to rec.radio.amateur.antenna
Cecil Moore[_2_] Cecil Moore[_2_] is offline
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Art Unwin wrote:
You based your proof of a magnetic wave in a vacuum but it is an
accelerating charge
which obviously must have mass, that is radiation ala the particle.


The accelerating charges are slow-moving electrons.
The RF current moves at the speed of light in the
(conductive) medium. Therefore, the RF current is
associated with photons emitted by the electrons.
Photons have zero rest mass and zero electric charge.
Photons are the particles associated with RF waves.
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73, Cecil, IEEE, OOTC, http://www.w5dxp.com