On Mon, 26 Feb 2007 20:38:00 GMT, Owen Duffy wrote:

The danger in the "power is refelected at a mismatch" explanation, is
that it follows that power reflected at a mismatched antenna flows back
toward the transmitter and is at least partially absorbed in the PA as
heat. Though that is a popular belief, it is not supported by fact.

Hi Owen,

This denies experience.

73's
Richard Clark, KB7QHC