"Reg Edwards" wrote in message
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When the so-called SWR meter is located immediately at the output the
transmitter, or inside it, as it usually is -

THE METER TELLS YOU NOTHING ABOUT THE SWR ON THE TRANSMISSION LINE TO THE
ANTENNA.

It only indicates WHETHER or NOT the load on the transmitter has a
particular value, usually a nominal 50 ohms. And nothing more.

In all other respects, SWR meters and the corresponding reflected power
meters, are a hoax, a scam, a swindle. It's time they were, or at the
very
least their name, consigned to oblivion.


Call out the riot police!
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Reg, G4FGQ


give up reg, while you may be convinced that swr meters don't measure swr...
the name is deeply embedded in the culture and won't go away. and while
maybe they aren't exactly measuring what you would like them to given the
name, they do provide useful indications... and that is the best thing about
them, they provide an indication that can be used for really using your
station. they may not be accurate, they may not be good for detailed system
engineering, they may not measure what you think they should, but they are
useful to the everyday ham... and after all that is what most of us reading
this group are.