Dear ml

Here is the part that no on this thread has come right out and talked
about, and it is the answer to what is bothering you.

If you have an IDEAL transmission line - that is, one with no
resistivity in the conductors and no dielectric loss in the
insulation, then the SWR can be sky high, but there will be NO LOSSES.

SWR is nothing more than an unfortunate summation of voltages and
currents that cause the voltages and currents to look more like a
roller coaster than a straight line. Voltages and currents do not
necessarily multiply to give power. Sometimes they multiply to zero -
when the angle between them is 90 degrees. And that's what you have
when there are no losses.

OK?

Bob, W9DMK, Dahlgren, VA
http://www.qsl.net/w9dmk