[TowerTalk] Circuit Board Question

[Richard (Rick) Karlquist]

On 8/2/2014 1:10 PM, Steve Hunt wrote:
> Rick,
>
> I already corrected this misunderstanding once: for a 2:1 SWR the
> maximum voltage will be 1.414 times the matched voltage, not double! The
> minimum voltage will be 0.707 times the matched voltage.
>
> If V is the matched line voltage, Vmax=1.414xV and Vmin=V/1.414 giving
> Vmax/Vmin=2:1
>
> Steve G3TXQ

Yes, we all know this, but power loss is proportional to the
SQUARE of the voltage, so it is doubled for 2:1 SWR in the worst
case.  Am I missing something?

Rick N6RK