Wayne wrote:
"Roy Lewallen" wrote in message

There is no relationship between SWR and efficiency.

Roy Lewallen, W7EL

Agreed. For example, SWR into a dummy load. The equation given was just to
show the approximation I was trying to make for the dipole case.


I don't seem to be communicating well, but that's not unusual. It's a
shortcoming I have. So I'll try again.

There is not even an approximate relationship between SWR and
efficiency, so what you calculated was not an approximation of the
efficiency. It was simply a number which has no relationship whatsoever
to the efficiency. You could have used any equation you might dream up,
and the result would be as meaningless as the result you got.

Roy Lewallen, W7EL