Richard Clark wrote:
There is one way to prevent this, but Cecil doesn't have enough
experience at the linear bench to come up with that solution.

Probably true but I am not looking to solve that non-problem.

The question to be answered is: Is the power in an EM wave
equal to ExH as the textbooks say, or is it zero until
dissipated? Jim obviously has his own personal definition of
"power" that disagrees with The IEEE Dictionary. That is
what he is basing his entire argument on - simple semantics
using special definitions of words.

That's why my argument involves one second long transmission
lines in which power in watts = energy in joules. That's
an argument that is very difficult to sweep under the rug.

The number of joules in a transmission line *ALWAYS* equals
the number of joules not lost to radiation, I^2R, and
dielectric and not yet delivered to the load. And it is
*ALWAYS* equivalent to the sum of the forward and reflected
powers in that particular length of transmission line.
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73, Cecil http://www.qsl.net/w5dxp