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- From: billn@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com (bill nelson)
- Subject: Re: SWR Tuning and PLL
- Message-ID: <1992Dec21.180356.18986@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com>
- Organization: Hewlett-Packard Company, Corvallis, Oregon USA
- References: <1992Dec20.144424.1428@ke4zv.uucp>
- Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 18:03:56 GMT
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- gary@ke4zv.uucp (Gary Coffman) writes:
- : >Close. It is the ratio between the power reaching the antenna and the power
- : >reflected by the antenna.
- :
- : The SWR, properly the VSWR, is the ratio of the forward voltage on the
- : line to the reverse voltage on the line at any point along the line.
- : The "standing wave" is the vector sum of these two voltages. All the
- : power injected into the transmission line by the transmitter is dissipated
- : in either the antenna or the line losses, none is absorbed by the radio. A
- : mismatch can affect the *efficiency* of the radio output stage, thus causing
- : heat buildup, but this isn't power "reflected" into the radio from the
- : line.
- :
-
- Correct. Sorry if I mislead anyone. This is why, when using a high efficiency
- transmission line (such as open wire), a high SWR can be tolerated. The loss
- in the line is very low, so almost all the power is dissipated by the antenna.
-
- Bill
-