Whoa. Thanks for all of the fast responses. The most popular suggestion
appeared to be looking in the ARRL Handbook. I checked out the handbook and
with some consideration I figured out the following formula to get
equivalent coax db loses from an SWR value:
((SWR - 1) / (SWR + 1)) ^ 2 * 100% = % Lost
10log(100/(100 - % Lost)) = Loss In dB
So if your SWR's 3.0/1:
((3 - 1) / (3 + 1)) ^ 2 * 100% = 25% Lost
10log(100/(100 - 25)) = 1.25db Loss
Thanks for all the information!
73, Nat, WZ3AR
<heatwole@clark.net>
Damascus, Maryland
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