Gene Fuller wrote:
OK, the same question. It is a pretty picture, but what extra
information would be gained if somehow the traveling wave components
could be measured?

Hopefully, some individuals would gain enough information
that they would cease trying to use a quantity that doesn't
change phase for the measurement of phase shifts. Maybe
iteration would help.

The phase shift of standing wave current through 30 degrees
of coil or wire is close to zero degrees.

The phase shift of standing wave current through 45 degrees
of coil or wire is close to zero degrees.

The phase shift of standing wave current through 75 degrees
of coil or wire is close to zero degrees.

Measuring the phase shift of standing wave current through
a wire or a coil is pointless. One cannot use a quantity
that doesn't change phase for the measurement of phase
shifts.
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73, Cecil http://www.qsl.net/w5dxp