On Thu, 27 May 2004 17:24:40 -0500, Cecil Moore
wrote:



Hank, when reflected current flows backwards through a pi-net loading
coil, some of the reflected power is dissipated as I^2*R losses in
the coil. Other than that, a properly tuned pi-net causes a match
point that reflects all the reflected energy back toward the load.


This is a great thread, I have a question about your post. If the all
the reflected energy is reflected back toward the load, is it in phase
with the original or subsequent energy? or does it matter?

If a match point exists in a ham radio antenna system, no reflected
energy will reach the source. This is the great majority of amateur
radio systems and no-reflections-at-the-source is the goal of every
ham. The thing that you are worried about is the unusual case where
reflections are allowed to reach the source.