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Re: microwaves

At 12:38 5/31/00 -0400, you wrote:
My naive picture of EM waves interacting with matter (in general)
leads me to think that waves are either:

(1) reflected,

(2) absorbed or

(3) transmitted.

What other possibilities ARE there???
...
Big Picture Question: WHAT happens to seawater in the GHz range??

Chuck Britton

Here's an intriguing answer to a question you didn't ask.

Where a radio link is wanted from under fresh water, it is found
that despite the high path attenuation, a narrow cone of radiation
at VHF can make it to the surface whence it can propagate modest
distances to a boat etc.


brian whatcott <inet@intellisys.net>
Altus OK