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Date: Mon, 20 Dec 93 04:30:10 PST
From: Info-Hams Mailing List and Newsgroup <info-hams@ucsd.edu>
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Subject: Info-Hams Digest V93 #1485
To: Info-Hams
Info-Hams Digest Mon, 20 Dec 93 Volume 93 : Issue 1485
Today's Topics:
SWR tweeking: Details, details...
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Date: Sat, 18 Dec 1993 18:50:23 GMT
From: mvb.saic.com!unogate!news.service.uci.edu!usc!howland.reston.ans.net!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!emory!rsiatl!ke4zv!gary@network.ucsd.edu
Subject: SWR tweeking: Details, details...
To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
In article <CI72uE.839@srgenprp.sr.hp.com> alanb@sr.hp.com (Alan Bloom) writes:
>Gary Coffman (gary@ke4zv.atl.ga.us) wrote:
>
>: Well that depends on why you're doing the SWR measurement, and how well
>: you know the characteristics of your line. If you know your particular
>: line characteristics, you can make the measurement *anywhere* that's
>: convienent and use the Smith Chart, or the formulas in the Antenna Book
>: to determine what complex impedance appears at any point in the system.
>
>An SWR meter does not measure complex impedance, no matter where it is
>placed. It measures the magnitude (but not the phase) of the reflection
>coeffficient and displays that on a meter calibrated in units of SWR.
Absolutely correct, and what I said in my second paragraph when talking
about measurements at the antenna. All you get is a number that can be
translated into the absolute value of the complex impedance mismatch, not
whether it's resistive or reactive, or the sign if reactive. There are ways
of determining those things with the aid of a SWR meter, but it requires
you to vary another independant variable, frequency.
>Assuming a lossless feedline, the SWR is the same at all points along
>the line.
No real line is lossless, though some lines are much better than others.
Lossless lines aren't required, but knowledge of your line's characteristics
is required.
Gary
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Gary Coffman KE4ZV | I kill you, | gatech!wa4mei!ke4zv!gary
Destructive Testing Systems | You kill me, | uunet!rsiatl!ke4zv!gary
534 Shannon Way | We're the Manson Family | emory!kd4nc!ke4zv!gary
Lawrenceville, GA 30244 | -sorry Barney |
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