Ed Price wrote:
By definition, reflected energy dissipated in the source was never
generated in the first place.
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73, Cecil http://www.qsl.net/w5dxp

That's not a very good definition.
Would you say that a rock, thrown vertically, never was thrown just because
it returned to hit you on the head?

Ed
wb6wsn

Electromagnetic waves can cancel, but rocks can't. Could that maybe
make a difference?

73, Jim AC6XG