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Points 2 and 3 seem like they could contradict each other. Wouldn't a tiny amount of power for you equate to a much larger amount of power at the radiation's source?

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No. The transfer is inefficient because the vast majority of the transmitted power is dissipated in the environment as heat.

The transmitter cannot tell if switch the receiver on and off.

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