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Subject: Re: The Shapiro's experiment HOAX. A 1968 TIME article.
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On Sat, 19 Oct 2024 22:05:22 +0000, rhertz wrote:

> You are the one who started this by asserting that passive reflections
> of EM radiation decay with 1/r^4, and not the usual 1/r².

But it is a well-known fact that the received power of the reflected
radar signal from a point target goes as 1/r^4.

Look up the "radar equation"
https://www.ll.mit.edu/sites/default/files/outreach/doc/2018-07/lecture%202.pdf
https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/engineering/radar-equation

If the target cannot be modeled as a point, for instance if you are
reflecting off of the ground, or if the target, say, is a corner
reflector, then the equation will obviously be different.