> Ya you should be able to trim your coax so the transmitter
> "sees" 50 ohms, which should be every 1/2 wave. All this
> does it protect the transmitter, the standing waves are still
> there, they just gets dissipated/radiated by the coax.
No, no, no, no, no (thumping head on desk).
If the VSWR on the line between the transmitter and the duplexer is anything
other than 1:1, THERE DOES NOT EXIST a point along that line where the
impedence is 50+j0.
Line losses go up with VSWR, but coax doesn't radiate unless there are
currents flowing on the shield, and those aren't a function of VSWR on the
line.
--- Jeff
