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

measures measures@vcnet.com
Tue, 5 Oct 1999 03:37:59 -0700


>
>Vic Rosenthal 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!
>
>But Vic,
>
>Source impedance is 50 Ohms.  Load impedance is 50 Ohms.  The transmission 
>line is a length where even you agree that the transformed impedance at 
>the end of it is 50 Ohms.  So where is the impedance mismatch?????????
>
€  interesting question, Jon.  

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


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