On 23/10/2007 9:55 PM, William Beaty wrote: > > All this stuff is part of well-accepted antenna theory, and is taught in > some fields/waves courses for EEs. But it isn't generally known in other > disciplines. Physics students have a hard time understanding why some > subatomic particles have a different collision diameter at certain energy > levels... and it's explained as "resonance." It's the same topic as > Effective Aperture of small resonant antennas, and comes about when the > antenna or particle radiates part of the received waves, combining with > the incoming waves to create an interference node or "shadow" behind the > (tiny) antenna where a net amount of RF energy has gone missing. Even a > very tiny antenna can punch a large shadow in the oncoming RF wave > pattern.
Would Ron's apparatus cast such a shadow? If the power source is really RF he could look for the shadow by making a second apparatus and moving it around the first apparatus. Harry
