Tom Donaly wrote:
No he isn't, Richard, or he wouldn't have made the ignorant statement
that there is no phase information in a standing wave.

Please get it right, Tom. I said there is no phase
information in the standing-wave phase. The phase
information is certainly there but it is in the
amplitude, not in the phase. The following graph
proves it:

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

The phase of the standing-wave is absolutely flat.
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73, Cecil http://www.w5dxp.com