Topband: Magic 'T' Combiners

[Pete Smith]

Maybe I'm misunderstanding something, but why can't two receiving antennas 
in phase simply be connected by equal lengths of coax and a tee?  I know 
that there will be a mismatch, but my impression is that the loss in most 
cases due to SWR is not important at MF.

I'm putting together a 160M end-fire receiving array of two K9AY loops 
end-fire, 130-foot spacing, with 180 degree phasing.  I had planned to 
achieve the phasing by reversing the windings on the matching transformer 
at one antenna, and tee-connecting the feedlines.  Not correct?

73, Pete N4ZR