On Fri, 13 Apr 2007 21:39:22 GMT, Owen Duffy wrote:

Walter Maxwell wrote in
:

In the thread 'Constructive Interference and Radiowave Propagation',
Owen, on 4-8-07 asserted that my writings in Reflections concerning
the analysis of stub matching procedures using reflection coefficients
are applicable only in cases where the transmission line is either
lossless, or distortionless. I disagree, and in what follows I hope to
persuade those who agree with Owen's position to reconsider.

Hi Walt,

I did not say that, or in my view, imply that, it is your own
interpretation of what I did say. I did make comment limited to Chapter 3
of Reflections II, and I stand by that comment.

Chapter 3 does not discuss stub matching at all, though you may apply
principles that you develop in Chapter 3 to your discussion / analysis in
later chapters, including to stub matching.

Owen

Hi Owen,

I'm afraid we both got off the the wrong foot along the way. I'm sorry if I misinterpreted what you said in
the post where we got off track.

Quite possibly the misinterpretation arose in your referencing Chapter 3. When I saw that I assumed you had
made a typo, either for 4 or 23, both of which contain the stub discussions. And I thought I had earlier
referenced Chapter 4. I didn't realize you had actually reviewed Chapter 3 instead of 4.

Perhaps also you missed my two responses to your post of 4-7-07 in the earlier thread, in which I accepted
your apology (not needed). Anyway, the issue where I felt you were wrong is my interpretation that you
believed my statements concerning use of reflection coefficients was wrong because they are applicable for use
in analysis only when the transmission lines are either lossless distortionless.

I hope we can resume on a new footing.

Sincerely,

Walt