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by Podgajski 898 days ago
You actually just showed that turning unpolarized light into polarized light makes it more powerful by turning it into a laser. And you think I’m trolling?

Just like a laser, The beam from the satellite is concentrated and directed at an area that’s only 15 mi.². If it was spread out like the suns rays were, there would not be enough concentrated power for the stink satellite to pick up the signal. So the EMS from the satellite are acting just like a, The beam from the satellite is concentrated and directed at a area that’s only 15 mi.². If it was spread out like the suns rays were, there would not be enough concentrated power for the starlink satellite to pick up the signal. So the EMS from the satellite are acting just like a powerful laser. What do you think of phased array antenna does? It focuses the energy from the satellite into a single beam, you know, just like a laser!

https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.nanolett.9b02029

Read this paper I’ll post the link again. This explains the difference between polarize and unpolarized EMF.

https://noxtak.com/natural-vs-artificial-electromagnetic-fie....

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Read my comment that I made fleshing this out. You are very wrong. Well, you're right that laser is stronger than "regular" light, but your reasoning is totally wrong. And polarization has absolutely nothing to do with it. You'd be better off saying it's a side effect that Starlink takes advantage of, because it's easier to recognize a polarized signal than one that isn't (and that actually IS the reason, but you're not ready for that level yet).

Light polarized one way is exactly the same strength as light that isn't polarized, and covers less area, so its apparent strength is considerably less. Your reasoning about why laser is so bright is muddling things up, because you don't understand what makes signals stronger or weaker when dealing with photons and other things at more quantum scales.

We don't want to get into quantum discussions here, because you'll just get whackier in your claims, so just go read that comment and move on, because I've explained it about as clear as it can be to someone who is not trolling or begging for attention.