Jerry Martes wrote:
As for the melting of condutors at 1/2 wave intervals, I attribute that to
high current density related to a low impedance at that point.

Because that impedance is virtual, it is a *result*
and not a *cause*. The *cause* of the melting is the
in-phase addition of the forward current and reflected
current whose phasor sum is a maximum at points 1/2 WL
apart. Denying that reflected energy exists will not
keep the wire from melting.

The low virtual impedance mentioned above is the
*result* of:

Z = (Vfor+Vref)/(Ifor+Iref)

at the points where the two voltages are out of phase
and the two currents are in phase.
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73, Cecil http://www.w5dxp.com