Roy Lewallen wrote:
But the phenomenon observed on the open circuited line does
occur, where energy flows into the point from both directions equally,
and out of the point to both directions equally, resulting in zero power
at the point. No energy is flowing past the point, period --

Either energy flows past the point or else it is reflected.
Please provide an example of reflections occurring in a
homogeneous medium.
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73, Cecil http://www.w5dxp.com