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Frank wrote:
"I have trouble with the concept of "Reflection", how can charges (electrons) flow in both directions simultaneously." The wave, or signal flowing in one direction is distinctly different from that flowing in the opposite direction. Upon reflection, the phase between current and voiltage prodiuced by the wave is inverted. Only phase of the volts or amps is inverted by reflection, not both. The phase relation between volts and amps is the key to the direction the wave is traveling on the line. It`s the wave which travels. The volts and amps are generated by the wave traveling on the line. The line is just guiding the wave. The traveling forward and reflected waves, traveling in opposite directions on the same line, produce the familiar standing wave patterns through superposition of volts and amps. Transmission lines and the appurtenances used with them have no problem keeping values associated with the waves straight with proper design. A directional wattmeter can separate the two directions of travel wery well indeed. It knows one direction from the other by whether the volts and amps are in-phase or out-of-phase. Best regards, Richard Harrison, KB5WZI |
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