Grab your Smith chart! LOL ----- Original Message ----- From: allan crites To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, August 06, 2010 12:46 PM Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Coax length, etc.
And a new perspective on transmission lines. I didn't think it was worth responding to, Jeff. AC WA9ZZU. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ From: Jeff DePolo <j...@broadsci.com> To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Sent: Fri, August 6, 2010 8:23:09 AM Subject: RE: [Repeater-Builder] Coax length, etc. > The cable length issue is a brother to "if you don't like > your VSWR, change the point along the transmission line where > you're measuring it." I don't know what that's supposed to mean. The VSWR on the line is the same no matter where along the line you measure it. If you're using a meter that reads a different VSWR depending where on the line you put it, you need a new meter... --- Jeff WN3A