On Sep 1, 1:54*pm, Ian Jackson
wrote:
The question is, at which end of the feeder is the most absolute power
lost per unit length?

I already explained that. On HF, maximum losses depend upon where the
current/voltage-nodes/loops are located on the transmission line. One
cannot answer the above question without knowing that information and
the answer is different depending upon the conditions.

Owen has previously proved that on HF, a higher SWR can result in
lower losses than a flat line when that high SWR is near a current
node and the feedline is less than a quarter wavelength long simply
because the average standing-wave current is *lower* than the flat
line current.
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73, Cecil, w5dxp.com