Ten-Tec said:
> "...The SWR reading gives no indication of reactive components, nor can it
> separate the resistive from the reactive components. It is calibrated
> with a pure resistive load and therefore has its greatest accuracy with
> pure resistive loads."
Tom said:
"That's an old and very incorrect wive's tale. Incorrect rumor has it
that a 25 ohm load and 25 ohm R will look like 50 ohms and have a
1:1 false SWR reading, or that a 50 ohm impedance (which is not
the case with R25 j25) will somehow show as a 1:1 SWR when j is
not zero."
Tom, you misread the statement. Re-read the original statement.
I believe you mis-stated your claim, also. A 25 ohm load and a 25 ohm R
would = 50 ohm if they are in series. 25j0 +25j0 = 50j0. I guess you meant
25 ohms reactance. Ten-Tec said nothing about that.
In this case, you were so anxious to criticize you put words into the
statement.
I have spent time on the test bench with directional couplers and even
published a construction article on the subject.
Colin K7FM
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