and it's "standing wave ratio" not "standing wave ratios" so SWR, not 
plurral SWR's.
just like it's a beam antenna, not a set of beams or beams when dealing with 
a single, multi-element array.
just getting picky, but in technical matters, language is important to 
communicate properly.
73
Colin, V A6BKX
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Howard Kaufman" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, July 22, 2010 9:30 PM
Subject: Re: SWR's And Power


> Mark, your meter is falsely reading cumulative power.  Forward plus
> reflected power.  Therefore, the higher the SWR reading, forward plus
> reflected seems higher to the meter, than forward with no reflected.
> Your antenna is long, First of all, make a quarter wave long ground that
> will put the transmitter in the middle of the system, rather than at the 
> hot
> end.  Then trim your long wire until you get the desired results.  A small
> tuner might be a simpler solution than trimming the radiating wire.  The
> cold wire doesn't have to be stretched out.
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "mark Torgerson" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Thursday, July 22, 2010 5:50 PM
> Subject: SWR's And Power
>
>
>> 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=20
>> be. Right now at the top end of the band it is running a 8.3 to one SWR. 
>> =
>> At=20
>> the bottom of 80 meters it is running a 3.8 SWR. What puzzles me is that 
>> =
>> as=20
>> 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=20
>> dipole. Well, to keep the antenna on the property, I had to put an =
>> insulator=20
>> part way down the quarter wave wire and bend it in a horizontal L. So =
>> you=20
>> can imagine what a dipole would look like. Hi Hi.
>>
>> God bless,
>> Mark
>> =20