A dish antenna with a diameter of 21.0 m receives (at normal incidence) a radio signal from a distant source. The radio signal is a continuous sinusoidal wave with amplitude Emax = 3.50 μV/m. Assume the antenna absorbs all the radiation that falls on the dish. (a) What is the amplitude of the magnetic field in this wave? (b) What is the intensity of the radiation received by this antenna? (c) What is the power received by the antenna?

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 A dish antenna with a diameter of 21.0 m receives (at normal incidence) a radio signal from a distant source. The radio signal is a continuous sinusoidal wave with amplitude Emax = 3.50 μV/m. Assume the antenna absorbs all the radiation that falls on the dish.

(a) What is the amplitude of the magnetic field in this wave?

(b) What is the intensity of the radiation received by this antenna?

(c) What is the power received by the antenna?

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