Jim Kelley wrote:
Cecil Moore wrote:
There are only two directions possible for real current in a wire so
real polarity and real phase indeed do mean the same thing.

Non-sequitur, ad absurdum, ad nausium.

So that's your opinion of Kraus? In that freshman class you mentioned
they must have taught you that math models dictate reality. Have you
been a case of arrested development ever since? Don't you realize that,
in a one-dimensional environment, the 'j' operator is really imaginary?
There is no dimension in which j1.0 can actually exist in reality.

The current in a wire at a certain point and time is 0 + j1.0.
Among the electron charge carriers at that point, exactly where
does that j1.0 exist? The physical wire is essentially a one
dimensional environment for those free electrons. In one dimension,
polarity and phase are the same thing. For the current on a standing
wave antenna, Kraus clearly indicates there are only two phase
possibilities, zero and 180 degrees. Maybe you should contact Kraus
and tell him that he is wrong.
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73, Cecil, W5DXP