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Old June 29th 10, 06:54 PM posted to rec.radio.amateur.antenna
Jim Lux Jim Lux is offline
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Default what happens to reflected energy ?

Cecil Moore wrote:
On Jun 29, 11:44 am, "Szczepan Bialek" wrote:
You should decide: EM or electrons. The mixture is fun.


That's an interesting idea to which I don't know the answer. Let me
rephrase the question:

Although it is known that electrons cannot flow through the dielectric
of an ideal capacitor, how about photons? Can RF photons flow directly
through the dielectric layer of a capacitor? If they can, it would
explain a lot of things.
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73, Cecil, w5dxp.com


photons can flow through a dielectric.. isn't that what EM propagation
is, after all?