Back when I was in broadcasting full-time, VSWR was important, too. That
situation had nothing to do with cheap finals, it was mostly about
efficiency. Things I took for granted working with high power transmitters
have contributed to my conservatism with my ham gear.
I was never a CBer. I'm not sure why this list is fascinated with CB, it
makes me think I missed something. My path went military-Tech Class
License-broadcasting-Extra License-Bachelor's in Telecommunications
Engineering.
Jeff/KD4RBG
Society of Broadcast Engineers #25224
On Thursday April 23 2009 11:50, Scott McGrath wrote:
> SWR is an obsession with the CB set and some others CB's could not
> tolerate a high SWR due to the cheap finals used the high RF voltages
> would blow the junction. This effect created the oral tradition of
> 1:1 SWR == Antenna System Goodness (tm). It's hard to counteract what
> 'everybody' knows.
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