On Wed, 12 Oct 2005 11:56:44 GMT, Cecil Moore wrote:

Owen Duffy wrote:
It is a sidetrack, just noise.

The main point of the discussion has been: An SWR meter
calibrated for Z0=50 ohms will not accurately report the
actual SWR on a line that is not Z0=50 ohms.


No Cecil, the thread subject and the quote of your text in the first
message of the post was the main point of discussion:

The transmission line length must only be long enough such that
the V/I ratio is forced to the Z0 value. According to some pretty
smart guys I asked, that's about 2% of a wavelength.

It seems that the statement you have quoted is not born out in
practice, though I note that you "seriously doubt that is true".

I have found out what I needed to know, thanks... Owen
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