On Mar 30, 9:40 pm, Cecil Moore wrote:
Here is the way one sums the power in two energy waves. This
is one of the things that Dr. Best, ve9srb, got right in
his Nov/Dec 2001 QEX article, "Wave Mechanics of Transmission
Lines, Part 3: Power Delivery and Impedance Matching". This
article is what got me to thinking along my present lines.

Ptotal = P1 + P2 + 2*SQRT(P1*P2)cos(A)

Curiosity question: Which of the two possible values for
the square root did you use? Elaborate on the reasons
for your choice?

....Keith