TopBand: Some VSWR tests

[Scott Cowling]

At 22:35 2/19/97 -0500, you wrote:
>This is not intended to inflame anyone,
>but a look through Walt Maxwell's Relections or other transmission line
>textbooks might be helpful. This is really too much to explain on a
reflector.
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I don't want to inflame anyone either, but I respectfully disagree!  This
discussion (after the flame wars subsided) is most refreshing after the
myriad "bad ops" and other posts.

For my $0.02, I would think that if you state that the VSWR is 2:1 at
RESONANCE, doesn't it imply (in a 50 ohm system) either 25 or 100 ohms
RESISTIVE?  Of course, no one said that lowest SWR is at the resonant point,
right?

Now I will be quiet and enjoy the discussion.  This is what the list is
meant for!

73,
Scotty WA2DFI
Tempe, AZ


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