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[-] ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org 4 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

No, they fucking shouldn't

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxwell%27s_equations#Vacuum_equations,_electromagnetic_waves_and_speed_of_light

Edit: neither of us are right, EM waves in vacuum do travel in phase but in conductors, there is a phase difference between 0° (very high resistance) and 45° (superconductor). So yeah, EM waves can "tell" they're in a dummy load.

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