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Explain that microwaves are better carriers of signals than radio waves?

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Microwaves are electromagnetic waves having wavelength of the order of a few millimetres. Due to such smaller wavelength, they can be transmitted as beam signals in a particular diretion because they do not spread or bend around the corners of the obstacle coming in their way, so microwaves are better carriers of signal than radiowaves.
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