Xref: utzoo sci.electronics:2392 rec.ham-radio:4146 rec.autos:7518 Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!lll-winken!lll-lcc!mordor!lll-tis!ames!hao!gatech!bbn!aoa!carl From: carl@aoa.UUCP (Carl Witthoft) Newsgroups: sci.electronics,rec.ham-radio,rec.autos Subject: Re: Robocop spotted (Photo radar enforcement) Message-ID: <115@aoa.UUCP> Date: 1 Mar 88 18:25:17 GMT References: <602@anasaz.UUCP> <9774@tekecs.TEK.COM> <8216@eleazar.Dartmouth.EDU> <321@upvax.UUCP> <2341@pdn.UUCP> Reply-To: carl@aoa.UUCP (Carl Witthoft) Organization: Adaptive Optics Assoc., Cambridge, Mass. USA Lines: 18 In article <2341@pdn.UUCP> ard@pdn.UUCP (Akash Deshpande) writes: >In article <321@upvax.UUCP>, stevewa@upvax.UUCP (Steve Ward) writes: >> I don't know >> how quickly the power of the microwaves decreases with distance (probably >> expotential) ... >> Steve Ward stevewa@upvax.UUCP > > Probably inverse square It's like any other E-M field: inverse square if point source, all sorts of interesting decay if not. -- Alix's Dad ( Carl Witthoft @ Adaptive Optics Associates) {ima,harvard}!bbn!aoa!carl 54 CambridgePark Drive, Cambridge,MA 02140 617-864-0201 "People unclear on the concept: 'Nah, I don't want to windsurf, I wanna do more C-programming.' "