[Elecraft] SWR, Transmission lines and Antenna Matching

Larry East [email protected]
Tue Oct 15 19:23:00 2002


At 06:08 PM 10/15/02 -0400, Bob Lewis (AA4PB) wrote:
>Given no significant loss in the transmission line, what accounts for
>the SWR changing as you insert the meter at different points in the
>line?

A bad meter! :-)

>It seems to me that the power reflected by the mismatched load
>would be the same all along the line, except for the amount dissipated
>by the loss in the line.

That is absolutely correct. Those in doubt should read the book 
("Reflections II").

L.