[Amps] High SWR,

Carl km1h at jeremy.mv.com
Thu Apr 23 07:03:24 PDT 2009


Id just ignore him Alek, his rants speak for themslelf. He isnt worth my 
bothering with and you should read the foul mouthed infantile emails he 
is sending. When he tires of that I'll foreward them to George.

Carl
KM1H


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Alek Petkovic" <vk6apk at bigpond.com>
To: <amps at contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, April 23, 2009 9:48 AM
Subject: Re: [Amps] High SWR,


> Nobody is attacking you Scott.
>
> "Kurt N Sturba" has written on the the topic of this thread many
> times over in World Radio Magazine. Seek it out. It is good reading.
> Simple, to the point, easy to understand and mostly inoffensive.
> Simple enough for this Aussie mug to understand anyway. Hi hi.
>
> 73, Alek
> VK6APK
>
> At 09:24 PM 23/04/2009, KB0NLY wrote:
>>By now Carl is probably making posts that attack me in person, most 
>>likely
>>attacking my intelligence or some other mental ability, that's where 
>>he
>>always takes it.  So have fun reading his replies as I have added him 
>>to my
>>blocked list here and put him into my custom spam blocker so he gets 
>>some
>>nice auto replies...
>>
>>73,
>>
>>Scott
>>
>>
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: "Pete Smith" <n4zr at contesting.com>
>>To: "KB0NLY" <kb0nly at mchsi.com>; <amps at contesting.com>
>>Sent: Thursday, April 23, 2009 5:34 AM
>>Subject: Re: [Amps] High SWR,
>>
>>
>> > 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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