[TowerTalk] 2000 Antenna Forum Speakers

[Bill Coleman AA4LR]

On 5/4/00 9:27 PM, TexasRF@aol.com at TexasRF@aol.com wrote:

>Re feedline lines vs. mismatch: Yes the feed line loss is less with a lower 
>loss cable but the difference in loss is much greater than the difference in 
>line loss when the mismatch is not there. ie: if the loss difference between 
>two cables is say 1 db with matched load, the difference is greater than 1 
>db 
>with mismatched load. The charts for this are in the some of the handbooks.

This would imply that the loss is caused by the feedline, not by the 
mismatch in the load.

Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASEL        Mail: aa4lr@radio.org
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