On Fri, 3 Sep 2004 14:14:57 +0000 (UTC), "Reg Edwards"
wrote:

|Richard Fry wrote -
| The generic function of this meter is to measure the degree of match
|between
| a source and a load.
|
|--------------------------------------------------------
|
|Exactly!

Not!

The source plays no role at all. The degree of match that is
indicated is that between the line (or system Zo) and the load Z.

A 50 ohm instrument with a 50 ohm termination shows a reflection
coefficient (or whatever mathematical equivalent you want to use) of
zero regardless of the source impedance.


|So let's call it a TLI.

Let's don't. That's just more bafflegab. Suppose the source impedance
is 25 ohm and the load is 50 ohm. By this new monstrosity of a
definition, the source should be delighted when the "transmitter
loading indicator" says---well---I'm not sure what it says, but I
think the desired number is either 0 or 1. And another source
(transmitter) with a source Z of 100 ohm should be equally happy.
Right?


|Which is what it actually is. Abolish
|the source of confusion and the arguments on what it does.


I'm all for abolishing the confusion too, so why did you add to it?