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To: RadioAstronomer
Radio is the same "stuff" as light, just at a lower frequency.

Thanks, I never knew that.

I always thought radio signals traveled at somewhere below the speed of light.

60 posted on 02/25/2003 6:59:29 PM PST by JZoback
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To: JZoback
Thanks, I never knew that.

Your welcome :-) BTW, a qualifier on this. All the frequencies travel at the same speed in a vacuum. In the atmosphere (or any other medium), the different wavelengths (frequencies) have a slightly different velocity. This is why a prism works to separate the different colors (frequencies) of light. The index of refraction is slightly different due to the velocity difference.

70 posted on 02/25/2003 8:09:07 PM PST by RadioAstronomer
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To: JZoback
>>>...Radio is the same "stuff" as light, just at a lower frequency.

Your eyes are radio recievers. The rods and cones are antennae.

97 posted on 02/26/2003 11:27:01 AM PST by Dan(9698)
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