On Wed, 01 Dec 2004 10:17:05 -0600, Cecil Moore
wrote:
As you know, furnishing line losses in dB implies a power ratio.
dB is dimensionless. Such generalizations forced into logic become
naive paradoxes:
Note from the matched line example above where 5 watts of line losses are
0.21 dB to the mismatched line example where 5 watts of line losses are
1.25 dB (for the same forward power of 100w), the same magnitude of loss
appears much higher as a dB value referenced to NET source power.
with boundary conditions being violated with the substitution of
Mismatch Loss for Dissipative Loss - and done poorly too.

When I had you thank Bart for his teachings, you should have examined
the consequences of his lesson not simply his correction of your
error.