What's wrong with radiation from the feedline? It's just as useful as
radiation from elsewhere.

Maybe for an Isotron, but not for a beam.

Or in cases where radiation coming off of the feedline would be
inconvenient for other reasons - e.g. the feedline runs in close
proximity to other wiring (RFI and telephone interference, or signals
getting where they don't belong in a multi-repeater shared site), or
metal pipes or metal-loaded walls (e.g. stucco).

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