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[TowerTalk] Relays in RF usage UPDATE

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Subject: [TowerTalk] Relays in RF usage UPDATE
From: k4oj@tampabay.rr.com (Jim White, K4OJ)
Date: Wed Aug 13 23:20:41 2003
..but who really is Kurt N. Sterba?

The mystery continues... who knows?

(The shadow do)

Jim, K4OJ



RCARIELLO wrote:
> I just received my copy of Worldradio September 2003.
> There is an article by Kurt N. Sterba on page 34, Aerials SWR and Voltage.
> 
> Second paragraph "voltage goes up as the square root of the VSWR. So, with
> 3:1 VSWR, the voltage and current are only 1.7 times greater then with 1:1.
> A 50-Ohm perfectly matched line with 1500 watts power will have a voltage of
> 274 volts. With 10:1 SWR the voltage will be 866 volts."
> 
> I will have to recalculate my power chart I sent using this new information.
> 
> Any comments??
> 
> Rich AA2MF
> 
> 
> 
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