Cecil Moore wrote:

On Feb 27, 2:53 am, "Jeff" wrote:

Adding a circulator to a system will not change "the load line" (if a
transmission line or circulator can have such a thing), but it will cause
the power in the reflected wave to be separated so that it can be monitored
and measured. Surprisingly power monitored in this way ties up with the
notion that power is reflected at a mis-matched load.


Yes, and a little modulation added to the source signal will prove
that the
signal being dissipated by the circulator resistor has made a round
trip
to the load and back. That's hard to explain if reflected energy
doesn't
actually exist.
--
73, Cecil, w5dxp.com

Your example is the same as putting a load resistor on an open
transmission line, measuring the dissipated power, and then claiming
the same thing happens without the load resistor there.

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