All well and good, but what do standing waves actually look like in a transmission line? [Allen] obliges with a demo using a strip line, which is simply an open section of transmission line.

In the world of novelty waves, there’s a handful of usual suspects – standing waves, river waves, boat wakes, manmade waves, ...

We can see that it would make a great demonstration of standing waves, and also a fantastic desk toy for not a lot. We celebrate everyone’s favourite timer chip here at Hackaday, so much so that ...