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Re: AIN IT GREAT

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On 4/16/2018 9:12 AM, Sir Gregory Hall,  Esq. wrote:
> On Sun, 15 Apr 2018 12:26:58 -0400, kensi <kkensington01@gmail.nospam.invalid> wrote:
> 
>> On 4/14/2018 6:24 PM, Sir Gregory Hall,  Esq. wrote:
>>> This being the case, it would indicate that the radio waves
>>> suffer some sort of energy loss and would end up being radio
>>> wave red-shifted and thus the next crystal receiver would
>>> *see* them at a less energetic or lower frequency. But, this
>>> seems not to be the case. So, just what the fuck's going on
>>> and doesn't this make a mockery out of the second law of
>>> thermodynamics?
>>
>> The signal will be attenuated by *any* receiving antenna, but it's the 
>> amplitude that will go down, not the frequency. If you could see radio 
>> like you see light, the transmitter would look like a bright light-bulb 
>> filament, but colored strongly rather than white, and receiving antennas 
>> would look dark, but maybe a bit reflective as well. A forest of enough 
>> of them in front of you might block out the view, while fewer will just 
>> dim it, like the shade and dappled light on a forest floor.
>>
>> Other materials and objects would look from translucent grey to black or 
>> even pale depending on how much they tended to absorb, reflect, or 
>> transmit that wavelength.
>>
>> You would also be able to tell AM transmitters from FM ones at a glance. 
>> AM ones would be flickering, while FM ones would look steady but 
>> shifting minutely in color. And every station in your area would be a 
>> filament of a different color.
>>
>> (This is a bit of a simplification, as it ignores diffraction, 
>> interference patterns, and polarization. The first two, while almost 
>> unimportant with visible light, are significant with radio waves, 
>> because the wavelengths are comparable to the sizes of everyday objects 
>> such as trash cans, windows, human beings, and whatever sort of thingy 
>> you are. Polarization means some radio waves might be blocked by a fence 
>> with closely spaced vertical metal bars but only somewhat dimmed by one 
>> with horizontal bars, or vice versa, or similar consequences. When 
>> dealing with visible light, these three phenomena are much more 
>> infrequently encountered, but the bright colors on butterfly wings come 
>>from diffraction, the glittery speckly effect at the fringe of a laser 
>> beam dot is an interference pattern, and some sunglasses dim direct 
>> sunlight a lot more than they dim the reflected light from objects by 
>> exploiting the former's polarization.)
> 
> Wow, I guess kensi proved me wrong when I said
> it would be crickets outta her. LOL.
> 
> Thanks for the information, girl. Hugs!
> 

yes, good news, kensi pupa gets a  B for actually posting science stuff
in sci.physics.

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Re: AIN IT GREAT "Sir Gregory Hall,  Esq." <greghall@yacht_maester.fake> - 2018-04-09 12:44 -0400
  Do you like it when she honks " Hee... Haw.. " ? ! Jeff-Relf.Me  @. - 2018-04-09 10:41 -0700
    Re: Do you like it when she honks " Hee... Haw.. " ? ! benj <benj@nobody.net> - 2018-04-09 17:26 -0400
  Re: AIN IT GREAT Checkmate <ricksabian1@gmail.com> - 2018-04-09 11:44 -0700
    Re: AIN IT GREAT % <persent@gmail.com> - 2018-04-09 11:47 -0700
  Re: AIN IT GREAT "Colonel Edmund J. Burke" <burkesbabes@bigass-babes.com> - 2018-04-09 19:38 -0700
    Re: AIN IT GREAT % <persent@gmail.com> - 2018-04-09 19:40 -0700
  Re: AIN IT GREAT Nadegda <nad318b404@gmail.invalid> - 2018-04-12 05:14 +0000
    Re: AIN IT GREAT "Sir Gregory Hall,  Esq." <greghall@yacht_maester.fake> - 2018-04-14 18:24 -0400
      Re: AIN IT GREAT benj <benj@nobody.net> - 2018-04-14 20:28 -0400
        Re: AIN IT GREAT Skeeter <skeet@invalid.invalid> - 2018-04-14 18:39 -0600
          Re: AIN IT GREAT % <persent@gmail.com> - 2018-04-14 17:57 -0700
            Re: AIN IT GREAT Skeeter <skeet@invalid.invalid> - 2018-04-14 19:59 -0600
      Re: AIN IT GREAT kensi <kkensington01@gmail.nospam.invalid> - 2018-04-15 12:26 -0400
        Re: AIN IT GREAT Skeeter <skeet@invalid.invalid> - 2018-04-15 10:31 -0600
          Re: AIN IT GREAT kensi <kkensington01@gmail.nospam.invalid> - 2018-04-15 13:10 -0400
            Re: AIN IT GREAT Skeeter <skeet@invalid.invalid> - 2018-04-15 11:15 -0600
            Re: AIN IT GREAT benj <benj@nobody.net> - 2018-04-15 18:22 -0400
            Re: AIN IT GREAT Sergio <invalid@invalid.com> - 2018-04-15 23:07 -0500
          Re: AIN IT GREAT benj <benj@nobody.net> - 2018-04-15 18:17 -0400
        Re: AIN IT GREAT mixed nuts <melopsitticus@undulatus.budgie> - 2018-04-15 13:17 -0400
          Re: AIN IT GREAT benj <benj@nobody.net> - 2018-04-15 18:26 -0400
            Re: AIN IT GREAT Siri Cruise <chine.bleu@yahoo.com> - 2018-04-15 22:58 -0700
        Re: AIN IT GREAT Sergio <invalid@invalid.com> - 2018-04-15 23:24 -0500
          Re: AIN IT GREAT benj <benj@nobody.net> - 2018-04-16 02:21 -0400
            Re: AIN IT GREAT Dinsdale <yup@ayup.yup> - 2018-04-16 08:19 -0400
              Re: AIN IT GREAT Sergio <invalid@invalid.com> - 2018-04-16 08:28 -0500
                Re: AIN IT GREAT Dinsdale <yup@ayup.yup> - 2018-04-16 09:51 -0400
                Re: AIN IT GREAT Sergio <invalid@invalid.com> - 2018-04-16 09:50 -0500
        Re: AIN IT GREAT "Sir Gregory Hall,  Esq." <greghall@yacht_maester.fake> - 2018-04-16 10:12 -0400
          Re: AIN IT GREAT Sergio <invalid@invalid.com> - 2018-04-16 09:51 -0500
            Re: AIN IT GREAT benj <benj@nobody.net> - 2018-04-16 12:57 -0400

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