On Dec 31, 6:13*am, Dave wrote:
RHF wrote:
On Dec 29, 1:44 pm, John Smith wrote:
RHF wrote:

[...]

- Anyway you cut it ... a matchbox never will improve
- the performance of a poor antenna,

JS,

So you are saying that I have an Antenna and Transceiver
and can hear 5 Radio Operators in a Net on a Frequency;
but only 2 of them can hear me.

I then put a MatchBox in-line between my Antenna and
Transceiver and Adjust-It; and can still hear all 5 Radio
Operators on a Frequency and now all 5 of them can
hear me.

To Me That Is Very Real Improved Performance from
My Antenna and Transceiver that is a direct result of
using the MatchBox between them. ~ RHF
*.

- It doesn't make the antenna any better.

? More Signal Out is Not Any Better ?

-*It improves the system performance by reducing
- the reflected mismatch at the generator end of
- the transmission line.

So - All the 'reflected mismatch' is now trapped, wasted,
consumed as a Power Loss in the MatchBox ?
Or - Just may be does some of the 'reflected mismatch'
now get Radiated as Signal Output in the Antenna ?