Dear Cec,

Your arithmetic is abominable. ;o) Dr Slick's
vanishing-act was a better tactic.

Your only avenue of escape is to prove the | rho |
meter gives incorrect meter readings.

That's likely to be difficult.

The meter is based on precisely the same simple
principle as your common-or-garden SWR+Fwd Power+Refl
Power meter. In fact, its scale, instead of | rho |,
can be simultaneousy calibrated in terms of SWR from 1
to infinity. And 1 million professional housewives
supported by trusted ARRL handbooks can't be wrong.

By the way, does that Texas vinyard you mentioned have
a website? ;o)

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Yours, Reg, G4FGQ