Richard Clark wrote:
Cecil Moore
You missed the point. A terminating capacitor is a two
terminal network. The point where two pieces of feedline
are connected is a four-terminal network. A two-terminal
network is different from a four-terminal network.

More signs of your confusion. How would you know how many terminals
if its inside a box?

If you were locked in a black box, you would be ignorant
of night and day. Does that mean that night and day would
not be happening? Hint: No, it would just mean you are
ignorant. Your ignorance changes absolutely nothing
outside of the box in which you are locked.

Why does my ignorance of what's in the black box change
the reality of what's in the black box? Hint: it doesn't.

The fact that I am ignorant of the four terminal network
in the box doesn't change the fact that it is a four
terminal network. The fact that you won't allow me to
open the box and measure the phase shift at the impedance
discontinuity doesn't change the fact that it is 36.6
degrees.
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73, Cecil http://www.w5dxp.com