> } I mean, it should just leak out the cut end shouldn't it ? :o) > > No, it never leak! > The signal propagates along the line, and when it reach the end of the line, > it partially reflect (just like waves do on harbour) and then propagate back, > crossing the new incoming signal... The bad thing is that the device > in the middle of the cable is only able to detect the level of the wave, > not its component part, neither which component cames from which direction. > > If you thing of electricity like of water, you must remember that waves DO NOT > move the water horizontally, but mostly VERTICALLY. (unless Thank goodness for that, or it would surely fall of the end of the (flat) earth wouldn't it ;-)))
-- Dilwyn Jones
