Peter O. Brackett wrote:
But I maintain that is "unatural" and "Mother Nature" naturally likes the
classical

rho = (Z - Zo)/(Z + Zo)

Thoughts, comments?

I agree with you, Peter. That's what I have been calling the physical
reflection coefficient. At the junction of two transmission lines of
different characteristic impedances, it becomes s11=(Z02-Z01)/(Z02+Z01)
and is usually not equal to rho=Sqrt(Pref/Pfwd).
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73, Cecil http://www.qsl.net/w5dxp



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