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- From: gary@ke4zv.uucp (Gary Coffman)
- Subject: Re: SWR Tuning and PLL
- Message-ID: <1992Dec24.224509.3509@ke4zv.uucp>
- Reply-To: gary@ke4zv.UUCP (Gary Coffman)
- Organization: Gannett Technologies Group
- References: <103400061@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM> <1992Dec22.182438.24017@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com>
- Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1992 22:45:09 GMT
- Lines: 33
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- In article <1992Dec22.182438.24017@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com> billn@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com (bill nelson) writes:
- >myers@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM (Bob Myers) writes:
- >:
- >: As a really trivial aside, note that there is also a current standing wave,
- >: a quarter-wave out of phase with its voltage counterpart. As Gary said, VSWR
- >: (or "CSWR", for that matter - same magnitude in either case) is NOT the
- >: ratio of reflected to transmitted power, although you CAN figure the reflected
- >: power, given the VSWR. SWR *is*, among other things, the ratio of line to
- >: load impedance (or vice-versa, whichever gives a number >= 1).
- >
- >If you wish to be precise, this is all true. However, for run-of-the-mill
- >CB purposes, it is the ratio of transmitted to reflected power. Why confuse
- >people with all the possible types of standing wave, or methods of determining
- >the SWR?
- >
- >The fine distinctions matter, if you are designing an antenna system or a
- >matching network for a transmitter. They do not matter at all to Oscar
- >Overmodulator - CB operator.
-
- Well education is rarely totally wasted. If one reader learns something,
- it's been worth it. One very practical bit of information that can be
- gleaned from this exchange is that a matchbox at the transmitter capable
- of matching the complex impedance formed by the reflected wave and the
- forward wave's vector addition will give nearly fully as effective a signal
- as adjusting an antenna's matching network or length, with only an additional
- negligible cable loss, and that doing so won't damage your radio.
-
- Gary
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