[TowerTalk] Circuit Board Question

[Jim Lux]

On 8/1/14, 8:06 AM, Steve Hunt wrote:
> One small correction to what Jim said:
>
> If the voltage for a given power under matched conditions is V, the
> maximum voltage with an SWR of 2:1 will be 1.414*V, not 2*V.
>
> Same for current: 1.414*I
>
> Steve G3TXQ


yes.. Too early in the morning.. at 2:1 VSWR, the max/min is 2:1, but in 
that case the min is lower than the matched voltage and the max is 
higher than the matched voltage.

I'm used to thinking about worst case mismatch (e.g. a shorted waveguide 
or transmission line).