[Amps] SWR and amplifiers

[Bill Turner]

I think here's what's happening:  The meter shows 1000 watts of
forward power and that is really true - the amplifier really is
putting out 1000 watts. The 100 watts of reflected power is
re-reflected back to the antenna where 90% of it is radiated and the
rest is re-re-reflected back to the transmitter and then
re-re-re-reflected again back to the antenna. This bouncing back and
forth keeps up until it is essentially gone or dissipated in the feed
line. 

So, is the figure of 100 watts reflected actually the sum of the
original reflection plus all the re-reflections? Seems like it would
be. 

73, Bill W6WRT