Tom Donaly wrote:
Cecil, since you always leave the phase information out of
your version of the solution of the wave equation, I don't
think Diogenes is going to be knocking on your door anytime soon,
either.

I'm not leaving phase out, Tom, Mother Nature leaves phase out
of the standing wave equation. What is it about Gene Fuller's
posting that you don't understand?

Regarding the cos(kz)*cos(wt) term in a standing wave:

Gene Fuller, W4SZ wrote:
In a standing wave antenna problem, such as the one you describe, there is no
remaining phase information. Any specific phase characteristics of the traveling
waves died out when the startup transients died out.

Phase is gone. Kaput. Vanished. Cannot be recovered. Never to be seen again.

The only "phase" remaining is the cos (kz) term, which is really an amplitude
description, not a phase.
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73, Cecil http://www.qsl.net/w5dxp