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[Towertalk] Antenna Analyzer Suggestions?

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Subject: [Towertalk] Antenna Analyzer Suggestions?
From: jimsmith@shaw.ca (Jim Smith)
Date: Sat, 04 May 2002 15:06:35 -0700
Hi Bruce,
Could you expand on this a bit or maybe give an example?
Tnx de Jim Smith    VE7FO


SavageBR@aol.com wrote:

>It is even easier to make an impedance measurement using a series resistor. I 
>have used this technique for years. All you need is to be able to make a 
>reasonably accurate SWR measurement.  Then you need a known value (I use 18 
>ohms) series resistor in a connector. You take one regular SWR measurement 
>and then insert the known series resistor and take a second SWR reading, plot 
>the two readings in the form of  circles on a Smith chart and you have the 
>impedance. 
>
>Bruce  AA4Z
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