"W5DXP" wrote in message
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On Sunday, September 1, 2013 12:40:51 PM UTC-5, Wayne wrote:
... the system will have additional loss of less than 3 dB.
And it works fine.

So the question is: Is any part of the reflected power in the
mismatch loss calculation included in that 3 dB of additional
loss? The answer is 'yes' and whether it works fine or not is
irrelevant to the argument.
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73, Cecil, w5dxp.com

Indeed. If there is loss going one direction on a line, reflected power
going the other way suffers loss also.

The part about "works fine" was thrown in, not for you, but for those who
might be horrified by a high vswr.