[AMPS] The Worldwide, No Holds Barred, SWR Quiz.

[jono@enteract.com (Jon Ogden)]

Vic Rosenthal wrote:

>> ?  You have 50 +/- j0 ohms at the position of the SWR meter, and it reads
>> 1.86:1?  I don't see how, Mike.
>
>Because an SWR meter computes SWR by comparing forward and reflected 
>power, not
>by being an impedance bridge!

But Vic,

Source impedance is 50 Ohms.  Load impedance is 50 Ohms.  The transmission line 
is a length where even you agree that the transformed impedance at the end of 
it is 50 Ohms.  So where is the impedance mismatch?????????

73,

Jon
KE9NA


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