Time Domain Reflectometry for the poverty stricken..

Munching my tuna fish sammich today at work and came across this:

..thought I'd store it away here for reference. Here's a practical application of this method:

Let's face it, I'm like a kid in a candy store. I am smitten with this application. Here's a variation on the same theme:

..graphic explanation for characteristic impedance and possible entre into the phenomenon of SWR? Lord, is this fun or what? I feel like one of those freaking apes at the monolith in 2001.

Ain't life grand?

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