On Tue, 18 Dec 2007 17:42:00 -0800, Richard Clark
wrote:

Let's look at the "traveling wave" model and see what it has to offer
in the cold harsh light of reality.

Right off the bat with its performance: -23.74dB
What could possibly account for all this loss? The "load?"?

Hi All,

Being one to never leave too many unanswered questions (Cecil merely
questions questions); I poured 100W into the original model (the only
change made was from constant I/E to constant P).

In fact, the proximity of ground allowed 99.38 watts to be absorbed by
the load!

How much reaches the load once this dead horse wrenches free from
ground's death grip and is allowed to ascend the stairway to heaven?
0.4982 watts

You heard it here first. ;-)

And, yes, another change (2 total) was made to the ground offered to
make it, instead, free space.

Who knows, maybe the "traveling wave" model is for a new matching
device for greater load efficiency. Unfortunately it would be best
suited for 80M speakers.

73's
Richard Clark, KB7QHC