"Jim Kelley" wrote in message
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Dave wrote:
"Cecil Moore" wrote in message
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Jim Kelley wrote:

Cecil Moore wrote:

An *ordinary prudent man* would think that one foot
of wire is a "simple series circuit" and it is in a
DC circuit.

Most ordinary prudent men that I know wouldn't characterize a one foot
length of wire as a series circuit.

More silly word games - when it is in a DC circuit
the current is constant. When it exists in a simple
series GHz circuit with reflections, the current
is not constant.
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73, Cecil http://www.w5dxp.com


you don't even need reflections. a properly terminated piece of wire has
a different current at every point along the wire.

At any given instant. :-)

ac6xg

TADA! And Jim gets the cigar!

Cecil, you take too narrow a view. at any given instant in time if you
measure the current along a properly matched wire you will measure a
different current and voltage all along the wire (repeating every wavelength
minus losses of course). nothing was stated that required rms, other
average, peak, or phasor representation.