Gene Fuller wrote:
In the standing wave model the energy
simply sloshes back and forth within a single half-wave loop. No energy
collisions; no problems at all.

The problem is that it is impossible for EM waves to
do that. An EM wave flows in one direction until it
encounters a physical impedance discontinuity. It
cannot "slosh back and forth" in reality.
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73, Cecil http://www.w5dxp.com