Gene Fuller wrote:
Richard Harrison wrote:
Gene Fuller wrote:
"Waves don`t cause radiation."

Waves induce current into an antenna. Any mismatched antenna reradiates
most of the energy induced into it. A perfectly matched antnna only
reradiates 50% of the energy it receives.

That is a well-known factoid. Do you think it differs from something I
said? You note that current is involved in the reradiation.

Hint: If waves cause currents that in turn, cause
re-radiation, then Richard has proved your, "waves
don't cause radiation", assertion to be false.
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73, Cecil http://www.w5dxp.com

Cecil Moore wrote:
Gene Fuller wrote:
Richard Harrison wrote:
Gene Fuller wrote:
"Waves don`t cause radiation."

Waves induce current into an antenna. Any mismatched antenna reradiates
most of the energy induced into it. A perfectly matched antnna only
reradiates 50% of the energy it receives.

That is a well-known factoid. Do you think it differs from something I
said? You note that current is involved in the reradiation.

Hint: If waves cause currents that in turn, cause
re-radiation, then Richard has proved your, "waves
don't cause radiation", assertion to be false.

Cecil,

Back to playing the moron role? If you no longer want to discuss
anything in technical terms, then I will go away again for a while.

Is there a lot of current in your free space world?

73,
Gene
W4SZ

Gene Fuller wrote:
Cecil Moore wrote:
Hint: If waves cause currents that in turn, cause
re-radiation, then Richard has proved your, "waves
don't cause radiation", assertion to be false.

Back to playing the moron role?

Nope, just back to quoting the classical rules of logic.
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73, Cecil http://www.w5dxp.com

Gene Fuller wrote:
Back to playing the moron role?

I forgot to recommend, "Logic, an Introduction", by Ruby.

Is there a lot of current in your free space world?

No, and that is exactly the point. How do your rules-
of-thumb current short-cuts work when there is no
current? Hint: Maybe Maxwell's equations?
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73, Cecil http://www.w5dxp.com