Anonymous
6/7/2025, 4:45:09 AM No.16690743
If two antennas each radiate 1 watt, how can their waves cancel in a direction — doesn’t that mean energy is lost?
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Anonymous
6/7/2025, 2:18:09 PM No.16691087
>>16690743 (OP)
>their waves cancel
Afaik multiple interacting waves produce interference, not cancellation.
>their waves cancel
Afaik multiple interacting waves produce interference, not cancellation.
Anonymous
6/7/2025, 2:24:42 PM No.16691091
>>16690743 (OP)
>doesn’t that mean energy is lost?
You will find that the waves reinforce each other along a different direction to account for the cancelled energy.
>doesn’t that mean energy is lost?
You will find that the waves reinforce each other along a different direction to account for the cancelled energy.
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Anonymous
6/7/2025, 3:11:27 PM No.16691145
>>16690743 (OP)
loss of modulated signal not loss of energy
loss of modulated signal not loss of energy
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Anonymous
6/9/2025, 10:59:43 AM No.16693217
>>16691091
what if they are horn antennas facing each other? where would you get constructive interference?
>>16691145
where does the energy go, Sparky?
what if they are horn antennas facing each other? where would you get constructive interference?
>>16691145
where does the energy go, Sparky?
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Anonymous
6/9/2025, 1:54:47 PM No.16693323
>>16693217
>where does the energy go,
as you've been shown the energy remains constant. its just that some peaks are reinforced while others are weakened.
>where does the energy go,
as you've been shown the energy remains constant. its just that some peaks are reinforced while others are weakened.
Anonymous
6/11/2025, 6:23:15 AM No.16694892
Thanks, this is ok.
Still, it feels counter-intuitive.
Still, it feels counter-intuitive.
Anonymous
6/11/2025, 1:06:36 PM No.16695071
Reminder that energy is not conserved due to the curvature of space
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Anonymous
6/11/2025, 2:10:54 PM No.16695099
>>16695071
energy conservation is the strongest conservation law out there. it's baked into thermodynamics, and to reject it is to be in the company of perpetual motion device schizos. though, i will grant that there is an even stronger conservation law. that would be your idiocy.
energy conservation is the strongest conservation law out there. it's baked into thermodynamics, and to reject it is to be in the company of perpetual motion device schizos. though, i will grant that there is an even stronger conservation law. that would be your idiocy.
Anonymous
6/11/2025, 3:47:22 PM No.16695154