[Antennas] Hy-gain AV-640 issues

[Andy]

fred forbush wrote:

> Higher coax loss means higher SWR.

Actually, no.

If the cable had no loss, then a short or open at the far end
translates to a huge (infinite) SWR at the rig end.

If the cable has huge loss, then the SWR at the rig end approaches 1:1
no matter what's on the other end.

Coax loss makes the feedline look like a dummy load ... the more loss,
the better the dummy load.

That is all assuming you are using the coax at its characteristic
impedance, of course.

Andy