From: "Dennis J. Murray" <djmurray@BELLATLANTIC.NET>
To: <PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU>
Sent: Thursday, February 20, 2003 3:21 PM
Subject: Re: [PIC]: How would I build a reflectometer?


> You want a great reflection from the end?  Just leave the end open or
> shorted!  A good termination impedance match doesn't return much
signal.  A
> short or open gives you a great spike (different directions, of
course).

I may not have been clear enough.  I meant that the "injection" (near)
end would be terminated in the proper impedance to prevent ping-ponging
of the pulse.  The far end would be left as you said, either open (most
likely) or shorted.  :-)

michael

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