Michael Coslo wrote:
At the risk of being both a dullard and messing up all the fun, does
not every destructive interference have to be balanced by a constructive
interference, which in turn leads to a condition of "Okey dokey?"

A canceled wave needs a reinforced wave, and then nothing is lost,
nothing is gained.

- 73 de Mike N3LI -

Hi Mike -

One could suggest a number of different possible scenarios in which
nothing is lost or gained. But an impossible scenario is one which
violates thermodynamic principles. Another might describe phenomena
which is not in accord with Maxwell's equations. One should therefore
feel comfortable discarding any description which is inconsistent with
both thermodynamics and Maxwell's equations.

73, ac6xg