Thread: Where does it go? (mismatched power)
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Old June 12th 10, 06:57 PM posted to rec.radio.amateur.antenna
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Default Where does it go? (mismatched power)
On Jun 12, 5:51*pm, Richard Clark wrote:
On Fri, 11 Jun 2010 17:35:34 -0700 (PDT), K1TTT
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you can qualify an impedance as non-dissipative

It's called reactance.

not always. *there is a non-dissipative resistance. *a lossless
transmission line has a pure real impedance, but no dissipation.

Hi David,

Ah! *The appeal of the infinite, lossless transmission line. *You
forgot radiation.


a lossless line would not be lossless if it lost energy due to
radiation!

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