Hi Folks:

Been reading this thread and just wanted to mention that the Elecraft W2
Interface program (
http://www.elecraft.com/software/W2/elecraft_w2_software.htm) shows both
forward and reflected power quite nicely.

73,
Carey, K2RNY
Rochester New York
Grid: FN13ef

On Tue, Jan 13, 2015 at 2:48 PM, Alan <n...@sonic.net> wrote:

> The power delivered to the load really is forward power minus reverse
> power.  You can see that by imagining that you disconnect the load
> completely (infinite impedance) or short it out (zero impedance).  That
> means no power can be absorbed by the load.
>
> The wattmeter reads equal forward and reverse power, so that forward minus
> reverse equals zero, as it must.
>
> Alan N1AL
>
>
>
> On 01/13/2015 12:45 AM, David Woolley wrote:
>
>> As well as not all the reflected power being re-reflected, the forward
>> power measured by the coupler is not the first time forward power, but the
>> sum of all the re-reflected power, as well.
>>
>>
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