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Subject:
SWR's And Power
From:
mark Torgerson <[log in to unmask]>
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For blind ham radio operators <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Thu, 22 Jul 2010 15:50:51 -0700
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Hi
    I am taking a few minutes away from my college studies to look at my 
antenna. It is a quarter wave wire for 75 meters. Well, at least it should 
be. Right now at the top end of the band it is running a 8.3 to one SWR. At 
the bottom of 80 meters it is running a 3.8 SWR. What puzzles me is that as 
the SWR goes down the forward power is also going down. What is going on 
here?
     On another thought. I am sure people will wonder why I didn't put up a 
dipole. Well, to keep the antenna on the property, I had to put an insulator 
part way down the quarter wave wire and bend it in a horizontal L. So you 
can imagine what a dipole would look like. Hi Hi.

God bless,
Mark
 

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