On Sat, 27 Aug 2005 17:49:42 -0700, dansawyeror
wrote:

I am not sure what you mean by -always-. If you mean there is no such thing as a
perfect coax line then your statement is true but does not add any real value.
If you mean by -always- the feedline is a significant component in the antenna
system then I would have to disagree. When operated at their design point coax
transmission lines do not radiate and are not part of the radiating "antenna
system".

An antenna tuner or transmatch, if you prefer, doesn't radiate and is
part of an antenna system. the fact that a transmission line radiates
or not doesn't mean it isn't part of the system.

Danny, K6MHE