Tom Donaly wrote:
However, there is phase
information on a standing wave, and you know it.

Do you disagree with what Gene Fuller had to say?
The phase information is there all right but it is not in
the phase of the standing-wave - it is in the amplitude.
And W8JI did not use the amplitude to measure the phase.
Perhaps the following graph will help you to comprehend
this subject.

http://www.w5dxp.com/travstnd.gif
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