[AMPS] Power Meter Readings Question

[Peter Chadwick]

Vic says:

	>Also, if you have RF flowing on the outside of the coax (possible
even >with a balun if the line is closer to one side of an antenna than
another), >then the power meter readings can also be further upset.

Power/SWR meters are somewhat better than S meters (where 'S' stands for
'suspicious'), but especially in cases like the one Vic outlines, they can
lie nearly as much as a personnel manager!

If changing the length of line changes the SWR, it's usually a sign of RF on
the outside of the line.

73

Peter G3RZP




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