Keith Dysart wrote:
Excellent. So there is NO reference that claims
that the output impedance can not be used to
compute the reflection coefficient.

That is probably a false statement. I just haven't
wasted my time looking for a reference that uses
those exact words.

There are many references that do.

I seriously doubt that they say what you are
asserting. Please produce those references.
In another thread, I proved your assertion wrong.
A Bird wattmeter placed at the output of your source
will read forward power = reflected power. The
reflection coefficient can be calculated from
that. rho = SQRT(Pref/Pfor) = plus or minus 1.0
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