[Elecraft] SWR Calculation

Jim Brown jim at audiosystemsgroup.com
Thu Jan 30 23:26:15 EST 2020


On 1/30/2020 6:24 PM, Bob McGraw K4TAX wrote:
> 55 watts = VSWR 2.0
> 
> If you have more than that, you need to do some antenna work.

VSWR is NOT an indicator of antenna performance, it's only an indicator 
of the match at the point where it's measured. Further, the excess 
feedline loss due to VSWR pretty small below about 3:1.

73, Jim K9YC


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