Cecil Moore wrote:
Roy Lewallen wrote:

Richard Harrison wrote:

Cecil, W5DXP wrote:
"Assuming the source signal is a pure sine wave, if the standing wave
current "isn`t in general sinusoidally shaped (as Roy said)", then the
antenna would have to be introducing harmonic radiation that doesn`t
exist in the source signal."


Either Cecil is misquoting me, or Richard is misquoting Cecil.


Richard quoted me correctly. I did *NOT* quote you. I merely
stated what I thought you said.

Cecil calls the total current the "standing wave current".


That is absolutely false. Total current equals standing wave
current plus traveling wave current. Or standing wave current
equals total current minus traveling wave current. Subtract
out the traveling wave component and a pure standing wave
component is left.


I thought I was following this somewhat, but now it appears that I am not.

I thought there were two traveling waves, forward and reverse, with the
reverse wave being a reflection of the forward wave from the end of the
antenna. I thought that the total current was the sum of the two waves,
could be measured with an ammeter, and that it could be referred to as the
standing wave.

Are you now saying that the standing wave and the reverse wave are the same
wave?

Confusedly,
John