"Cecil Moore" wrote in message
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Dave wrote:
you don't even need reflections. a properly terminated piece of wire has
a different current at every point along the wire.

That's true but the attenuation factor in one foot
of wire might be hard to measure. Introduce reflections
and even a lossless wire will vary the current from
max to min every few inches at GHz frequencies.
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73, Cecil http://www.w5dxp.com

you don't need any loss either. a properly matched lossless line will have
different current at each point along the line.