In article .com,
says...

sorry to have to ask but what is SWR? My guess is sound to [somthing]
ratio?

Oh dear... Someone didn't pay attention in license class...

SWR = Standing Wave Ratio. Put simply, it has to do with how good
of a load the antenna presents to the transmitter, and how efficiently
it will couple the transmitter's energy to the atmosphere.

It needs to be as close to 1:1 as possible. If you're using a
wattmeter to measure things, you want to see as low as possible a
reading in the 'reflected' mode and as high as possible in the
'forward' mode.

Here are some more details.

http://www.hamquick.com/tutorial_index.php?id=20

Happy tweaking.



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