Tom Rauch wrote:
>
> SWR does not tell you at all what the efficiency of a system >is, because it
> does not indicate power dissipation nor does it >tell you anything about the
> source.
Amen to that!! Ever feel a badly designed antenna tuner when the
swr goes to zero and the temp of the tuner goes to about 150
degrees? Lotsa loss there.
Tom W7WHY
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