On 8/31/2013 10:40 AM, W5DXP wrote:
On Friday, August 30, 2013 11:26:03 AM UTC-5, Jeff Liebermann wrote:
The antenna (or coax) does not get warmer because of mismatch loss.

Sounds like a confusing play on words to me.

IF (the greater the mismatch loss) THEN (the higher the SWR) is TRUE
AND
IF (the higher the SWR) THEN (the greater the heat loss in the transmission line) is TRUE
THEN (the greater the mismatch loss, the greater the heat loss in the transmission line). LOGIC 101
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73, Cecil, w5dxp.com


Actually, Jeff is correct in his original statement, "Actually, the
mismatched RG-6/u can be better than the properly matched RG-58c/u."

It can be shown that the losses are higher with properly matched
RG-58c/u than with the mismatched RG-6/u. (Real-word circumstances, not
loss-less line approximation.)

John KD5YI