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[TowerTalk] Power vs SWR nomogram

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Subject: [TowerTalk] Power vs SWR nomogram
From: n4zr@contesting.com (Pete Smith)
Date: Sun, 02 Dec 2001 21:50:50 -0500
Thanks to everyone who responded, including a couple who scanned and sent
me the Drake nomogram.  Unfortunately, I don't believe it does the job I'm
looking for.  As I understand the nomogram, forward and reflected power are
read separately, and laying a straightedge across then gives SWR.  However,
in my case, I have a power reading that *combines* forward and reflected
power, and a separate digital display giving the SWR.  So what I'm trying
to do is to back out the forward component of the forward + reflected
total.  A nomogram for this purpose would have total power, SWR and forward
power scales, not forward, SWR and reflected scales as Drake's does.

73, Pete N4ZR
www.qsl.net/n4zr





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