[Amps] High SWR,

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Give every man thine ear, but few thy voice; take each man's censure but reserve thy judgement.
    - William Shakespeare
        (April 26, 1564 - April 23, 1616)
David
G3UNA

---- Pete Smith <n4zr at contesting.com> wrote: 
> Carl occasionally goes too far, but he also has forgotten more about 
> amps (from a practical and repair perspective, especially) than most 
> of us will ever learn.  He's a valuable resource, and it would be a 
> shame to have him banned.  Use your delete key or filter his messages.
> 
> Compared to the flame wars of old, this is pretty tame stuff.
> 
> 73, Pete N4ZR
> 
> At 10:47 PM 4/22/2009, KB0NLY wrote:
> >Why doesn't someone finally kick Carl off here for god's sake?  I can't
> >remember the last time he contributing something on topic or worth reading.
> >I was on a different computer today when his comments came through, forgot
> >to block him on here, now he is in the block list on both computers.
> >
> >73,
> >
> >Scott
> >
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Gary Schafer" <garyschafer at comcast.net>
> >To: "'Carl'" <km1h at jeremy.mv.com>; <ve3zi at rac.ca>; "'Amps'"
> ><amps at contesting.com>
> >Sent: Wednesday, April 22, 2009 9:28 PM
> >Subject: Re: [Amps] High SWR,
> >
> >
> > > Well, spouting off can be a good thing. That's what the reflector is for.
> > > So
> > > people can learn from one another. Plus it provides some entertainment for
> > > us old farts.
> > >
> > > 73
> > > Gary  K4FMX
> > >
> > >> -----Original Message-----
> > >> From: amps-bounces at contesting.com [mailto:amps-bounces at contesting.com] On
> > >> Behalf Of Carl
> > >> Sent: Wednesday, April 22, 2009 8:35 PM
> > >> To: ve3zi at rac.ca; Amps
> > >> Subject: Re: [Amps] High SWR,
> > >>
> > >> Roger, youre correct; its been said so many times you would think it
> > >> would sink in.
> > >>
> > >> But with noobs from the CB/FM ranks old myths die hard. They cant be
> > >> bothered buying a Handbook or Antenna Manual and just spout off on here
> > >> and elsewhere with zero idea of what they are talking about.
> > >>
> > >> Carl
> > >> KM1H
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> ----- Original Message -----
> > >> From: "Roger Parsons" <ve3zi at yahoo.com>
> > >> To: "Amps" <amps at contesting.com>
> > >> Sent: Wednesday, April 22, 2009 8:13 PM
> > >> Subject: Re: [Amps] High SWR,
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> >
> > >> > I know this has been said before, but just because your SWR meter says
> > >> > there is x Watts of power coming back down the line, it doesn't mean
> > >> > that it is being dissipated in your transmitter. All it means is that
> > >> > the transmitter sees a load other than 50 Ohms (or whatever) - and it
> > >> > may or may not be able to match it. If you have a really bad mismatch
> > >> > you can (apparently) have the situation that your 100W transmitter is
> > >> > (say) transmitting 1kW and getting 900W back. Obviously that can't
> > >> > really happen - the reason that it seems to is that the SWR meter is
> > >> > measuring Volt-Amperes (reactive power) rather than Watts (real
> > >> > power) - that is that the current and voltage are not in phase -
> > >> > except in the special case of a 1:1 SWR.
> > >> >
> > >> > 73 Roger
> > >> > VE3ZI
> > >> >
> > >> >
> > >> >
> > >> >
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