Although a transmission line is only two parallel conductors, it has seemingly mysterious properties, like impedance and velocity factor, which can contribute the the line being either highly efficient, or extremely lossy. On top of that, much of the available information on the subject is just plain wrong. So what's really going on? Physicist, professor, and PhD, Greg Latta, AA8V explains these mysteries in one of the most intuitive presentations on transmission lines and standing wave ratio on the web. 73, Mark ~ AE2EA
I thought so... Greg Latta certainly does a great job with providing a useful way to think about complex problems. 73, Mark
This was fantastic. The waves and reflections make me think of water hammer in an incompressible fluid system of significant inertia when a valve is closed fast. The shock wave is sent up the pipe to the first reflection point and back to the valve at the speed of sound in the fluid, then the POP. Not good for the pipe or the valve by the way. I guess all waves behave the same. K4PP
