[TowerTalk] RE: [Antennas] coax 'sweet lenght'

Tom Rauch w8ji at contesting.com
Mon Oct 11 10:21:55 EDT 2004


> Ok...what I should have said was "apparent" SWR changes
according to the
> metering.....
> If the cable length changes and the antenna is NOT a
resistive only
> component, the coax will cause an apparent change in the
reactance, thus
> making the SWR meter change...
>
> Any argument with that??

That's incorrect also unless the meter is improperly
calibrated. If the meter is that bad, you probably should
not be using it.

 73 Tom





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