Tom Donaly wrote:
We're talking about the envelope, Cecil, what are you talking about?
Since you've become so enamored of math all of a sudden, go ahead and
plot the current envelope on a length of very lossy transmission line
and tell me, with a straight face, that it follows a sine
function. On the other hand, don't bother. I know it's too hard
on your head, but it's an interesting exercise for everyone else.

The envelope of an unattenuated sine wave is a straight line, Tom.
Is a straight line sinusoidal? Give us an everloving break! You
can fool half the people half the time but please stop trying to
fool all the people all the time.

Here is an example that should put an end to your foolishness.

100W-----50 ohm coax------50 ohm load dissipating 50 watts

Please explain how the 3dB attenuation in the coax causes
nonsinusoidal signals in the system. Proof of nonsinusoidal
signals would be the generation of harmonics. We are all
awaiting your reinvention of the laws of physics.
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73, Cecil http://www.qsl.net/w5dxp