Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
From: jdm@cadence.com (Joe Mastroianni)
Subject: Re: The Power of Photons

> This is incredibly wrong.
> 
> (a) When you increase power you simply emit more photons of the
>     same energy, and they follow the same paths as the smaller
>     number of photons.   The only way you change the energy of
>     a photon is to change the frequency of the corresponding wave,
>     and indeed waves of different frequency follow different paths
>     in the ionosphere, but that's not what we are talking about.
> 
> (b) What's really happening is that the powerful trransmitters send 
>     the photons faster and harder, so they go further.  The Heaviside
>     Layer has nothing to do with this, it is a variety of chicken.
> 
> (c) One of the above paragraphs should not be taken seriously.
> 
> 
> 
> Derek "sheesh" Wills (AA5BT, G3NMX)
> Department of Astronomy, University of Texas, 
> Austin TX 78712.  (512-471-1392)
> oo7@astro.as.utexas.edu 


Derek. 

Once again you attempt to utilize fundamental physical principles to
advance your treachery.  

We who enjoy reading frivolity between the covers of QST simply KNOW our
linear amplifiers boost the kinetic energy of the radio waves we emit.  Our
roof-mounted antenna recoil with such force the emission of a single dit
cracks the joists in the ceiling.

We're talking raw power.  Manly power.

Keep Max Planck and his quantum-bleeding-mechanics in the classroom where
they belong.  Real men run three-phase 440 into their shack.  Real men have
blisters on their balding scalps from high-power RF proximity effects.
Don't tell US our photons aren't stronger than those whining 3KW QRPers. 
We have the radiation burns to prove it.


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