Keith Dysart wrote:
So, out of curiosity, what do you think the outcome of my
experiment would be?

With an IC-706? I don't know. Others have tried it with
varying results.

Do 10 cent resistors ever work? Or is a circulator always needed
to prevent re-reflections?

Your 10 cent resistor can be thought of as a low dB
pad of sorts. It will attenuate but not eliminate
re-reflection. Again, let me remind you of Ramo &
Whinnery's warning not to attach importance to
what is calculated to happen inside an equivalent
source. There are models available for virtually
any amplifier you might choose but I don't know
how those models handle reflections.
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73, Cecil http://www.w5dxp.com