Owen Duffy wrote:
Cecil, it seems that between the two of you, you are constructing a
picture that (in a lossless line for simplicity) if the Bird 43 reads
100W forward and 50 watts reflected, the power radiated (ignoring
antenna ohmic losses) is 100W, but 50W is reflected toward the
transmitter... but that's allright because the 50W will be reflected by
a Zo matched PA, and energy is conserved on the line.

Please don't insult our intelligence. If the Bird reads
100w forward and 50w reflected, the power radiated by
the antenna is 50w, neglecting losses.

Pload = Pfor - Pref

The situation at the output of a lossless tuner is:

Pfor = Psource + Pref

Please honor the conservation of energy principle in your
postings.
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73, Cecil http://www.w5dxp.com