Cecil Moore wrote:

Take I = K1*cos(x)*cos(wt), a standing-wave equation.
Let t be any fixed value. cos(x) is an amplitude value
and does NOT vary with time. Therefore, the phase of the
standing-wave signal is constant at any particular time
and does NOT depend upon position along the wire or coil.

Now take I = K2*cos(x+wt), a traveling-wave equation.
Let t be any fixed value. The length dimension 'x'
has an effect on phase, i.e. the phase of of the
signal indeed does depend upon BOTH position AND time.


Cecil,

I know what you are trying to say, but you got the message screwed up.
If 't' is fixed, then the equations are essentially the same with regard
to 'x'. That is typical; a snapshot in time does not say much about the
wave behavior.

73,
Gene
W4SZ