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[AMPS] Re: The Worldwide, No Holds Barred, SWR Quiz.

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Subject: [AMPS] Re: The Worldwide, No Holds Barred, SWR Quiz.
From: mgilmer@gnlp.com (Gilmer, Mike)
Date: Mon, 4 Oct 1999 14:22:48 -0400
On Tuesday, October 05, 1999 2:18 AM, measures [SMTP:measures@vcnet.com]
wrote:
> 
> >
> >measures wrote:
> >> 
> >> >What is the SWR as measured at the generator with a 50-ohm
> >> >characteristic-Z  SWR meter?
> >> 
> >> ? At the end of an any characteristic.-Z halfwave transmission
line, the
> >> termination Z repeats itself --  with a reactance reversal.  .
Since
> >> there is no reactance in this termination, the Z at the end of the
93-ohm
> >> halfwave line is 50 +/- j0 ohms, the SWR is 1:1.
> >
> >No.  It is correct that the impedance seen by the generator is 50
ohms but the
> >SWR is unchanged, regardless of the line length.   The SWR is
entirely
> >determined by the impedances of the line and the load.
> >
> So if 1/4 wavelength of 93 ohm coax were used intead of 1/2 wavelength
of 
> 93 ohm coax, the SWR would still be 1:1?.  

Still 1:1?
It never was.

Mike
N2MG



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