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

[measures]

>
>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 --  So your position is that a non-reactive impedance does not 
repeat on a mismatched halfwave transmission line?

-  Rich..., 805.386.3734, www.vcnet.com/measures.  


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