[Amps] Amps Digest, Vol 173, Issue 70

[Randy]

I'll admit, I always assumed that an "SWR" meter, or wattmeter, not 
working into a conjugate match on the design impedance was just a field 
strength meter (and thus I have the title of Amateur).

What has been said makes sense, when you consider the proper "flat top" 
antenna, which I've never done, and Carl probably has done 1k times, and 
Peter, too... you have a balanced feedline into a flat-top dipole... 
frequency doesn't matter... all the RF that goes IN, either gets 
radiated, or reflected back to the source, and then re-radiated...

I bow my heads to the elders... I didn't know that I was wrong... you 
*can* derive valid info from test eqpt that you thought was wrong.

Not to change the subject, but my work took me to a quite elderly lady's 
home today... quite elderly, blah blah blah blah blah. Blah. Blah. In 
short, she told me her career was in electronic testing... I asked her 
where..... various this, various that... HEWLETT PACKARD.... she had 
nothing to say about the company after Packard and Hewlitt croaked.

73
Randy
KZ4RV



On 5/25/2017 12:00 PM, amps-request at contesting.com wrote
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> Date: Thu, 25 May 2017 09:09:33 -0500
> From: donroden at hiwaay.net
> To: amps at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [Amps] SWR and amplifiers
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> Thank You. VERY important Question !
> Don W4DNR
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> Quoting Peter Voelpel <dj7ww at t-online.de>:
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>> And how can it enter into it?
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>> 73
>> Peter, DJ7WW
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> Date: Thu, 25 May 2017 11:58:24 -0400
> From: "Carl" <km1h at jeremy.qozzy.com>
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> But the Bird manual is very clear and even the 2 way shop users understand
> that.
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> Carl
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