On Tue, 27 Sep 2005 17:29:10 +0000 (UTC), "Reg Edwards"
wrote:

If's and But's are not required.
The antenna is just an arbitrary load.
Does the meter reading indicate SWR on the feedline (which is what is
usually required), or does it not?
This is not a "catch question". It is not a troll.
No, of course it isn't (must be all those other posts then)
"Antenna or Feedline?" please.
KISS

Hi Reggie,

Ah yes! That "additional information" finally surfaces as a
requirement doesn't it?

SWR "on the feedline" is like dust thrown into the eyes of the rubes
before the elephant appears in front of them. Presumably, "on the
feedline" is akin to the ark holding a sacred artifact like the finger
of St. Heavybottom.

The traditional slotted line used for probe determination of SWR comes
with two connectors like that commonplace SWR meter (and the slotted
line probe connects to a - SWR METER! albeit, not the commonplace
variety, but odd how the tide of time has not yet altered the name to
TLI). And if we were to substitute the slotted line for commonplace
SWR (or t'other way 'round), both/either/each would face the same
issues and offer the same results. Imagine that, not a whit of
difference, except that the probes can add error through in-expert
use. Whoops! Same issues of how things can/do go wrong.

So, the ultimate question of the universe (yadda-yadda-yadda) is what
difference does having a transmission line between these two
connectors make on the outcome of what SWR exists AT the load
connector? A rhetorical difference! After-all, you would need
"extraordinarily more information" to express where the SWR resided,
wouldn't you? ;-)

Any artificial constraint you toss in as an objection exists for
yourself as well. I can see Kelvinator swinging his cane now. Did I
say lower 6th? They would probably hoot you down to upper 5th.

73's
Richard Clark, KB7QHC