Tom Ring wrote:
I may be a relative simpleton here, but the transmitter won't know that
for 2 seconds, Cecil. I bet some power may manage to get into the
transmission line.

Of course, I said that it was possible from a Thevenin
equivalent circuit. But Jim said the XMTR was putting
out 100 watts into an infinite load during steady-
state, obviously an impossible mental boundary condition.

A Thevenin equivalent circuit will supply 100 joules/sec
into the feedline and then stop supplying power. That
is not an impossible mental boundary condition. I'm
ready to discuss that configuration.
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73, Cecil http://www.qsl.net/w5dxp