Why are long transmission line stransposed and not shorter lines?
Why are long transmission lines
transposed and not shorter lines?
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Answer:
Long transmission lines are transposed to reduce
the effects of inductive and capacitive coupling between the conductors.
Transposition is done by periodically swapping the positions of the conductors of a transmission line
to reduce crosstalk and otherwise improve transmission.