[Elecraft] wire for random wire antenna using kx3

[Don Wilhelm]

Right, SWR (or VSWR = same thing) has nothing to do with the antenna 
itself - it is all related to the feedline.

It does have a lot to do with the ability to match the feedline to the 
transceiver which normally likes a 50 ohm load or something close - but 
then an ATU can take care of that situation easily.

Often a feedline is used as a matching section, and the reason it works 
is that SWR makes it work.  See the antenna and feedline article on my 
website www.w3fpr.com.

73,
Don W3FPR

On 12/18/2018 5:43 PM, Fred Jensen wrote:
> 
> The obsession with VSWR in ham radio is a bit surprising.  I can't 
> really remember when the term became common, or when I first saw a VSWR 
> bridge, but I do know that I never saw one in SE Asia in the mid-60's. 
> These days, high VSWR seems to equate to "antenna that doesn't work."