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

Vic Rosenthal rakefet@rakefet.com
Mon, 04 Oct 1999 12:36:05 -0700


measures wrote:
> 
> €  You have 50 +/- j0 ohms at the position of the SWR meter, and it reads
> 1.86:1?  I don't see how, Mike.

Because an SWR meter computes SWR by comparing forward and reflected power, not
by being an impedance bridge!

73,
Vic, K2VCO
Fresno CA

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