Cecil Moore wrote:
Roger wrote:
If we agree that voltage and current are always in phase in the
traveling wave, then we should find that in our example, the system
comes to complete stability after one whole wave (two half cycles) is
applied to the system.

Assume a constant power source and you will get the results
that Roy is talking about.
No, because you would find two waves of equal voltage and current
traveling in opposite directions, always arriving at exactly out of
phase, at the source.

Now the question here is "Do the waves bounce off one another?" which
would result in a doubling of observed voltage, or "Do the wave pass
through one another?" which would allow a condition of energy entering
the system equal to energy leaving the system.

73, Roger, W7WKB