"Reg Edwards" wrote in message
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It is possible to imagine the so-called SWR meter is telling you the
imaginary value of the SWR on a non-existent transmission line. But it's
hardly of educational value when novices, even experienced engineers, are
trying to understand what the reading really means. It's as confusing and
as untruthful as Blair.

Why don't we accept the simple fact that the meter tells us only whether
the
transmitter is loaded with a resistance of a particular value or not.
Which
is no more nor less than what the instrument on the front panel of your
transceiver is provided for.

Then we can forget all about SWR, fwd and reflected power, until needed on
real ines. Change the name of the meter to TLI.
---
Reg, G4FGQ

Amen to that. I turned down the power on my transmitter, and measured P
forward and P rev while feeding about 100 feet of unterminated 9913. I then
REMOVED the coax; i.e. there was nothing connected to the output side of the
meter. Still measured the same Pf and Pr. (Daiwa meter)

Tam/WB2TT