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Old March 1st 07, 01:29 AM posted to rec.radio.amateur.antenna
Cecil Moore Cecil Moore is offline
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Default tuner - feedline - antenna question ?

Jeff wrote:
Change the source impedance to 100ohms and the picture changes to 5.5:1 at
the load and 4.75:1 at the source end.


Here's the equation for rho at the load.

rho = (Z0-Zload)/(Z0+Zload)

SWR = (1+rho)/(1-rho)

I don't see the source impedance in those equations.
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