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- From: bramsey@massive.its.bldrdoc.gov (Bradley J. Ramsey)
- Subject: Re: Radar Invisibility
- Message-ID: <BtwMqw.JFA@massive.its.bldrdoc.gov>
- Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1992 14:54:31 GMT
- References: <4110@cruzio.santa-cruz.ca.us> <1992Aug28.213754.29456@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU>
- Organization: NTIA/ITS, Boulder, CO
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- In article 41810 crb7q@kelvin.seas.Virginia.EDU (Cameron Randale Bass) writes:
-
- >In article <4110@cruzio.santa-cruz.ca.us> snarfy@cruzio.santa-cruz.ca.us writes:
- >>
- >> STREET SHEET TECH BRIEF # 4
- >>
- >> " In Search of ...the Lost Mach Principle"
-
- > [stuff deleted]
-
- >> An example that immediately comes to mind , when considering metallic
- >> radar targets such as iron battleships , is the losses that occur in the
- >> iron cores of transformers and inductive ballasts (solenoids). In a
- >> transformer that is delivering power to a load , the energy that is not
- >> transferred to the load is converted to electromagnetic radiation in the
- >> form of heat (infrared). What might start out as a 60 cycle input is
- >> amazingly upconverted by some process into a THz output!
-
- > Shockingly amazing, this conversion of 60 Hz input to an output
- > with a higher frequency. What *will* they think of next?
-
- Stranger still, I have seen this same effect transform DC current (ZERO Hz
- in frequency) to output in the infrared spectrum. Which order term can
- do that ????
-
- (Tongue planted firmly in cheek).
-