AI4QJ wrote:

The single pulse can be decribed by its fourier series a superposition of
sinudoidal waves so you would actually be sending wave(S) down the line, of
varying harmonic frequencies, but only for the time defined by the pulse
width.

So a sine wave consisting of only two cycles is considered a periodic
function? How about one cycle? Half cycle? Does a truncated sine wave
fit the proposed definition of f(x) where x is the period? Would the
pulse then be one wave or an infinite number of waves (since the
spectrum of any time-limited function is infinite in width)?

Wouldn't it be fun to calculate the power in each of the infinite number
of sine waves and add them together like Cecil does to get the total
power? Boy, I'll bet you'd have a *lot*!

Roy Lewallen, W7EL