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Old October 10th 14, 12:04 AM posted to rec.radio.amateur.antenna
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Default Radiation from antennae - a new philosophy

On 10/9/2014 5:14 PM, Jerry Stuckle wrote:
On 10/9/2014 1:04 PM, rickman wrote:

The only mass a photon has is that which is equivalent to its energy, E
= mc^2.


I understand it has no rest math. But where does the mass come from?
There has to be mass to exert pressure. Does the mass just appear from
nowhere? I doubt it...


When a proton is accelerated and the mass quadruples, where does that
extra mass come from?

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Rick