On Thu, 27 Mar 2008 11:49:03 GMT
Cecil Moore wrote:

Roger Sparks wrote:
The bottom line in a nutshell? I'll try.

Thanks Roger, good stuff and much appreciated.
My digesting of your spread sheets is about to
be interrupted by surgery.

Thanks for the kind words. Sorry to hear about your surgery. I hope it goes well and you have a quick recovery.

During those times, the power applied to
the transmission line is much HIGHER because the reflected wave reflects
from the load and source, and merges/adds to the forward wave from the
source.)

May I suggest that you use the word "redistributed"
instead of "reflected" as does the FSU web page at:

http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/j...ons/index.html

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I think "redistributed" would be the word if the discontinuity included a resistance. "Reflection" is the historical word for wave reversal and implies a "mirror image", which is not the same as the forward image.

I hope the surgery does not take you away from the discussion for long.

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73, Roger, W7WKB