[Elecraft] [K3] K3 SWR Accuracy - reprise

ab2tc ab2tc at arrl.net
Wed Nov 4 19:56:14 EST 2009


I give up. Please somebody end this thread. There is no useful information in
this thread to the OP. I can't really help  him because I don't experience
his problems. I have decent agreement between all instruments in  my feed
line about the antenna SWR.

Knut - AB2TC


Wes Stewart wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> --- On Wed, 11/4/09, Steve Ellington <n4lq at carolina.rr.com> wrote:
> 
> The first statement is correct. Length of coax will transform impedance
> and 
> cause SWR meters to read differently.
> 
> Absent loss, if the cable Zo matches the SWR bridge design impedance (or
> vice versa), then the SWR reading should be unaffected by the cable
> length.
> 
> I've seen this Smith Chart reference before and it makes no sense. 
> 
> <snip>
> 

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