Suppose a (radio) dish antenna has a diameter of 100m (as e.g. an antenna that exists close to Bonn, Germany). If this antenna receives a radio signal with an electric field of 1µV /m and a magnetic field of 3.3 × 10−15T what is the power received by the antenna if it absorbs all the energy?

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Suppose a (radio) dish antenna has a diameter of 100m (as e.g. an antenna that exists close to Bonn, Germany). If this antenna receives a radio signal with an electric field of 1µV /m and a magnetic field of 3.3 × 10−15T what is the power received by the antenna if it absorbs all the energy?

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