On Thu, 13 Oct 2005 19:17:23 GMT, Cecil Moore wrote:
you don't understand why a 50 ohm power meter yields erroneous readings
Any error of misunderstanding Owen's post is entirely your own.
My career in calibrating RF Wattmeters while you were flipping bits is
a good indicator of the tectonic trench you stand in.

The fact remains, there has been no error displayed (beyond the casual
5% reading error inherent in the meter) nor his results refuted as to
how much power has impinged upon the cabled load as he explicitly
described being attached to the Bird's measurement port. As there is
no other use for such a wattmeter, any appeals to the contrary are
idle chatter.

Owen's claim stands: the myth of requiring a 50 Ohm transmission line
at the measurement port of the Bird wattmeter has been debunked. This
comes as no surprise but for one poster to this board.