Be aware that those "additional line loss due to standing waves" curves
are approximations.
There are cases where a particular combination of line length and load
cause the loss to be LESS with a high VSWR than when the line is matched.
Steve G3TXQ
Jim Brown wrote:
> I don't think it's misleading at all. The equations and graphs in the
> Handbook
> show quite clearly that the worst case loss that you can blame on a 1.5:1
> VSWR is
> 0.18 dB. Period. You will have so many dB/100 ft for the "matched loss", plus
> some additional loss that can never be more than 0.18dB
>
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