"w4jle" W4JLE(remove this to wrote in message
... I have never, ever, understood this
preoccupation with SWR. I am guessing it
comes from the CB world where getting one's "SWR's down" was the holy
grail...

When running low power, like CB'rs and QRP operators do, I can easily
understand the "preoccupation" with SWR. And when I used to run vacuum tube
transmitters in the USAF, SWR was important then too... high SWR levels were
not good for the finals.

Jerry
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