Jim Kelley wrote:
So unless somebody can point to the energy that is "in" waves which
don't exist, then I will have to stick with the idea that there is no
energy to be associated with waves that don't exist.

Jim, here is the s-parameter equation for the waves that
you assert don't exist.

b1 = s11*a1 + s12*a2 = 0

s11*a1 is not zero. s12*a2 is not zero. How you can assert
that they don't exist is really strange. Not only do they
exist but the HP apnote 95-1 even tells us that the power
associated with them is |s11*a1|^2 and |s12*a2|^2. You will
find that the powers obey the power density (irradiance)
equation from the field of optical physics.
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73, Cecil http://www.w5dxp.com