"Richard Clark" wrote in message
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The mythical lurkers should note all the effort that goes into a
perversion of a vastly simpler exercise that could be conducted easily
at the bench; and the reason for not going to the bench? Some infer
too hard (by lack of effort); others explicitly state it doesn't
matter (through reams of virtual pages gusting on about its
inconsequence); and yet others deferring it with excuses it demands
too much time for the effort.

Richard,

A simulation of a circuit is better than the "bench". I have components with
0% tolerance, 0 length leads, no parasitic components, and no power limits.
It does precisely what a physical meter is a compromise of.

It does not care whether there is a piece of coax connected to the circuit
or not. Neither does the physical meter. Both find SWR by calculating the
deviation of the load impedance from 50 Ohms.

Tam/WB2TT