College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
5N10.55 - Electromagnetic Radiation - Microwave
See also 9B65.91 in Facilities Support.
Video Credit: Jonathan M. Sullivan-Wood
Connect the receiver to the amplifier. This will make the reception audible. The characteristics of a dipole transmitter and receiver can be explored.
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- Jearl Walker, "4.48, Heating in a Microwave Oven", The Flying Circus of Physics Ed. 2, p. 197.
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