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- From: ming@enel.ucalgary.ca (Yang Ming)
- Subject: Re: SWR Tuning and PLL
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- Message-ID: <92Dec23.221805.26134@acs.ucalgary.ca>
- Date: Wed, 23 Dec 92 22:18:05 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec20.144424.1428@ke4zv.uucp> gary@ke4zv.UUCP (Gary Coffman) writes:
- >In article <1992Dec18.213844.7701@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com> billn@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com (bill nelson) writes:
- >>v054rtzw@ubvmsb.cc.buffalo.edu (RUFUS) writes:
- >>:
- >>: Jason,
- >>: An SWR meter measures the Standing Wave Ratio hence SWR. What SWR is is the
- >>: amount of reflexed power recieved by your rig from a mistuned antenna. A
- >>
- >>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.
-
- This is conceptually incorrect. VSWR = Vmax/Vmin, not the ratio of
- the 'forward' to the 'reverse' voltage. Your definition is the inverse
- of the reflection coefficient.
-
- >The "standing wave" is the vector sum of these two voltages. All the
-
- Correct.
-
- >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
-
- The power reflected from the transmission line and the antenna due to
- mismatch CAN be absorbed by the radio, depending on the impedance
- when you look into the radio from the transmission line. If this impedance
- is equal to the characteristic impedance of the line, all reflected power
- will be absorbed by the radio. Thus, power injected into transmission line
- can be reflected and absorbed by the radio. You have to look at the
- match conditions on the two ends of the line.
-
- [deleted]
-
- P.S.
- The definitions of VSWR and reflection coefficient can be found in any
- reference that touches transmission lines. For instance, one can look at
- 'Antennas' y Blake, P75-76.
-
- Ming.
-