"Tarmo Tammaru" wrote in message ...

Read this again. The *normal* equation works. It is the ARRL/Besser equation
that does not.

Tam


I can admit that i'm wrong, but only if you give me good
reasons, which is something you have failed to do.

Read THIS again.

But please note that the rho is 1 in both cases.

And i believe that the conjugate equation is correct, that the
reflected voltage will have a phase shift of twice the phase of the
Zo, which in this case would be 45 degrees.

And you bring up an excellent point Tam, that the only Zo that
will give you a RC=-1 (or 1 /_ 180 ), with an ideal short as a Zload,
would be a purely REAL Zo, with no reactance.

So again, the "normal" equation fails in this respect. I'll state
once again that the normal equation assumes a purely real Zo.

Besser and Kurokawa and the ARRL are all correct.


Slick