On May 31, 1:04*pm, Cecil Moore wrote:
On May 31, 6:16*am, K1TTT wrote:

conclusion: Standing waves are a figment of your instrumentation, ...

I would say: Standing waves are a virtual image caused by the two
traveling waves (forward and reverse). I wonder if we could see a
visible light standing wave in a cloud chamber if we used a
microscope?
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73, Cecil, w5dxp.com

no need, just look at the lines on a hologram, that is the map of the
interference patterns from the reflected and reference laser beams.