[AMPS] SWR and line length, etc.

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>
>Gilmer, Mike wrote:
>
>>[SMTP:n4zr@contesting.com] wrote:
>>> >You can tune around for minimum swr, but that doesn't guarantee you
>>are
>>> >at resonance.
>>> 
>>> I think that the indicated SWR minimum will always correspond to zero
>>> reactance.
>
>No, that's not correct necessarily.  A 100 Ohm termination used in a 50 
>Ohm system has no reactive components.  Adding a 1/8 wavelength of 50 Ohm 
>transmission line will make that 100 Ohm real load look purely reactive.  

?  Weird Science.  

-  Rich..., 805.386.3734, www.vcnet.com/measures.  


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