Keith Dysart wrote:
On Dec 28, 2:44 pm, Cecil Moore wrote:
Keith Dysart wrote:
I suppose this non-sequitor means that you agree that
an ideal section of transmission line, just like an
ideal inductor and capacitor, will store energy forever
if provided with the appropriate initial conditions,
but do not wish to admit it.
I freely admit that it can happen in your mind (like
leaping tall buildings at a single bound).

Thought experiments do usually occur within the mind.
This one is no different.

I do not
believe it can happen in a real-world situation.

That is good, for it is unlikely, though with superconductors
one might come close.

But
if you can demonstrate lossless transmission lines
and lossless inductors on the bench, be my guest and
probably win a Nobel Prize in the process.

More intrigue. This path has been trod before. Begin
with an experiment using ideal elements. Get
uncomfortably close to some truth. Declare the
experiment invalid because it could not happen
in the "real world".
. . .

Oh, boy, the thought of Cecil doing his "proofs" without using lossless
lines, pure resistances, inductances, or capacitances, lossless antenna
conductors, or any other non-real-world components is enough to tempt me
to de-plonk him just to watch the show. But I'm afraid it'll just add
more DOO (Degrees Of Obfuscation) to his already formidable toolbox of
obscuring and misdirecting techniques. Oh well.

Roy Lewallen, W7EL