Roger Sparks wrote:
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.

What I am suggesting is that "redistribution" be used
instead of "reflection" for cases where there exists
no discontinuity. If the source resistor matches the
Z0 of the feedline, there is no discontinuity and
therefore no conventional reflection, yet there are
cases where reflected energy is redistributed back
toward the load. That reversal appears to be a reflection
but is actually the result of superposition along
with destructive interference between *two* waves.
That is what causes the disparity between the physical
reflection coefficient, (Z1-Z2)/(Z1+Z2), and the virtual
reflection coefficient, SQRT(Pref/Pfor).

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

At the least, I should still have one good eye left. ;-)
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73, Cecil http://www.w5dxp.com