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Old July 18th 05, 10:46 PM
Cecil Moore
 
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Jim Kelley wrote:

Richard Harrison wrote:
When the source end of a transmission line is effectively a short or
open circuit, ir re-reflects the reflected wave.


Are we then supposed to infer that it [the source] doesn't re-reflect
the wave if anything other than a short or open circuit appears there?


To that list of two, we can add two more. If the source end of a
transmission line is terminated in a pure reactance, it re-reflects
the reflected wave.

When 100% wave cancellation of reflected waves occurs at the source
due to total destructive interference, it re-reflects the reflected
wave energy components as constructive interference energy in the
opposite direction. Anything else would violate the conservation
of energy principle.
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