Reg Edwards wrote:
They are even easier WITHOUT the unessessary over-complication of the chart.

Why do you think the chart is "over-complicated". I have one with the
R,X values and only the to/from wavelength circles outside. I deleted
everything else from the Smith Chart program.

What I find convenient is to carry the image of the Smith Chart around
in my head. I'm more of a visual person than a formula person and that
image has helped me tremendously.

A student's valuable time is much better spent learning about transmissiom
lines instead of how to use an antique chart. The answer can be worked out
in the head in less than a second. Tan(45) = 1.0000000 and therefore X =
Zo.

How about 0.07 wavelength in your head? :-) I can glance at a Smith Chart
faster than you can pick up a calculator.

Sorry to hear about your pH problem. Isn't there an ant-acid preparation
available in this modern day and age?

Prilosec OTC works well. Then I can drink twice as much as usual [hic].
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73, Cecil http://www.qsl.net/w5dxp



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