[TowerTalk] Hardline ?

[Steve Hunt]

Be aware that those "additional line loss due to standing waves" curves 
are approximations.

There are cases where a particular combination of line length and load 
cause the loss to be LESS with a high VSWR than when the line is matched.

Steve G3TXQ

Jim Brown wrote:
> I don't think it's misleading at all. The equations and graphs in the Handbook 
> show quite clearly that the worst case loss that you can blame on a 1.5:1 VSWR is 
> 0.18 dB. Period. You will have so many dB/100 ft for the "matched loss", plus 
> some additional loss that can never be more than 0.18dB
>