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Owen Duffy wrote:
"I am not quite sure about the concept of energy at a point that you discuss, isn`t it zero." Not when radio waves are passing by. These waves were likely produced by electrical energy in a wire somewhere that spread into space around the wire. Radio waves alternate around a zero value. If symmetrical about an axis, the waveforms may have zero average values. But that is not how we value the intensity of a rafio wave. We give it an rms or effective value which is 0.707 times its maximum voltage profuced during the cycle. When speaking of power in an alternating energy value, it is not correct to say rms power. The effective a-c power value is its average. I`m not a teacher, never have been, and never intend to be. I think I got into this discussion by declaring that 50% of the power in a wave resided in each of its two constituents. I shall argue no more nor try to explain any more on the topic of radio waves in this thread. Fred Terman is the master of all masters in my books and I suggest beginning on page one of his 1955 version of "Electronic and Radio Engineering" to learn all about "Radio Waves". From page 1: "One-half of the electrical energy contained in the wave exists in the form of electrostatic energy, while the remaining half is in the form of magnetic energy." Best regards, Richard Harrison, KB5WZI |
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