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Chapter 19A from "Reflections III" - Step 8 response
Step 8.
Readings on a Bird 43 power meter now indicate 95w forward and 20w reflected, meaning only 75 watts are now delivered by the source and absorbed in the mismatched load. The 20w reflected power remains in the coax, and adds to the 75 watts delivered by the source to establish the total forward power of 95w. Point in response: The Bird 43 indications only reveal mismatch loss (unstated as 5W if we are to return to the concept of Available Power, which as a rhetorical point has been uncharacteristically discarded) which is only tangentially related to the subordinate thesis: output source resistance of the RF power amplifier is non-dissipative. Step 7 is sufficient to illustrate the thesis. 73's Richard Clark, KB7QHC |
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