RadioBanter - View Single Post - Length of Coax Affecting Incident Power to Meter?

August 14th 03, 01:13 AM

(Dr. Slick) wrote in message . com...
The SWR is based on the ratio of the
forward to the reflected power.

Exactly! And (in a linear, time-invariant system at steady-state,
with enough forward power to be interesting,) that ratio does not
depend on where the forward power comes from; it's determined by the
load attached to the line and the line itself. (I trust we ARE
talking about a situation with only one source, feeding only one end
of the line...)

Cheers,
Tom