Sal M. Onella wrote:

It's hardly an old wives' tale.

I mistakenly put a 2m antenna on my dual band HT and tried to use it for a
short QSO on a nearby 440 repeater. The other ham said I was barely making
the repeater, while my poor HT got so hot that I could barely hold it after
a minute's use.

The antenna was wrong and the heat was real -- whatever the theory behind
it.

Once a black cat walked across the street in front of me. I had a
wonderful day! The wonderful day was real, whatever the theory behind
it. My basis for crediting the cat is just as valid as yours for
crediting "reflected energy" for the heating. And based on similar logic.

Roy Lewallen, W7EL

Roy Lewallen wrote:
Once a black cat walked across the street in front of me. I had a
wonderful day! The wonderful day was real, whatever the theory behind
it. My basis for crediting the cat is just as valid as yours for
crediting "reflected energy" for the heating. And based on similar logic.

One can mentally install a one-wavelength piece of lossless
transmission line between the source and load which will
allow one to analyze the interference patterns. Constructive
interference toward the source certainly can cause heating
of the source in perfect accordance with the conservation
of energy principle.
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73, Cecil http://www.w5dxp.com

Roy Lewallen wrote:
Once a black cat walked across the street in front of me. I had a
wonderful day! The wonderful day was real, whatever the theory behind
it. My basis for crediting the cat is just as valid as yours for
crediting "reflected energy" for the heating. And based on similar logic.

But, once again, you left out some important details.
The black cat belonged to your neighbor who gave you
$100 for not running over it and that's why you had
a wonderful day. :-)
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73, Cecil http://www.w5dxp.com