John Popelish wrote:
If you want to deny the existence
of forward and reflected current, be my guest.

I deny it. There is only current at a point, just as there is only
water jiggling around under a wave on the ocean.

Well, that means denial of the distributed network model.
I've been waiting for that to happen. There's no point
continuing an argument with someone who denies one of
the cornerstones of EM wave theory.

The distributed network model is accepted as a superset
of the lumped circuit model and works when the lumped
circuit model fails.

The fact remains that standing wave current phase cannot
be used to measure phase delay through a wire or through
a coil. There is no phase information in standing wave
current phase.
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73, Cecil http://www.qsl.net/w5dxp