[Antennas] LIne Losses

Sun, 13 Jul 2003 09:21:02 -0700 (PDT)

Are you measuring the line loss with the antenna
attached and your antenna analyzer? Read the 259B book
again, you can't do that. I made the same mistake.

73, Steve N4SL

--- Terry Fletcher <[email protected]> wrote:
> OM's,
> 
> I've been experimenting with a homebrew 2M
> collinear, and I've noticed 
> that line losses are higher at  lower SWRs than they
> are at higher readings.
> 
> Example,  SWR = 1.0 @ 142 Mc. loss = 15 dB   (yeah I
> know the elements 
> are too long)
>                 SWR = 2.0 @ 148 Mc.  loss = 5.2 dB  
> Measurenent obtained with an MFJ - 259B analyzer
> 
> I've always thout that line losses would be greater
> with higher SWR 
> readings, not lower. Apparently that's incorrect. 
> Anyone have any 
> insights as to the reasons for this?
> 
> Thanks  and  73, Terry, WA�ITP 
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