RadioBanter - View Single Post - Re-Normalizing the Smith Chart (Changing the SWR into the

August 29th 03, 05:10 PM

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W5DXP wrote:

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So what happens to these two pulses? They bounce off of each other
and return whence they came.

This has been disproved many, many times. Do a web search for
"superposition" and learn how those waves flow unaffected right
through each other.

So are you saying that like charge does not repel?

No, I'm not saying that at all. In fact, there may not be any charges
crossing the NET voltage = zero point and there doesn't have to be for
energy to be flowing in both directions. Two waves flowing in opposite
directions in a constant Z0 environment superpose but have no effect
on each other. You are continuing to be confused by the NET values.
Did you take a look at that Java-driven web page that I posted a couple
of days ago. If so, I don't see how you could still be confused.

As an analogy, consider two equal magnitude Tsunami waves flowing in
opposite directions in the ocean. According to you, these waves will
reflect off of each other. But it is known that those two waves will
simply flow through each other and continue their original paths
unabated. A single carrier water molecule may only move vertically
and not horizontally at all during this process.

You continue to confuse NET charge carriers with component energy.
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73, Cecil, W5DXP