It's Been 20 Years

[TonkaToy]

Cant remember HElp!!

Antenna - Power Amp - SWR Power Meter - Rig ( is this correct)

[stampman]

yes but take the swr meter out of line as it loses power

[chazwozza]

swr is always last in line to the antenna so it would be thus


rig---burner---swr---antenna

[stampman]

no remove the swr meter as it has a unshielded connection in it and you will lose power through it

[chazwozza]

Wonder why decent swr meters have power rating to 1k if they need to be removed

[stampman]

because you can load them up to 1k into a dummy load without melting them

[chazwozza]

you mean your trying to swr a dummy load??

personally id leave the swr inline the power loss from a well made swr meter would be minimal and you can always check your swr as you hop about the bands

Also not having your swr inline would make the use of a non automatic atu abit pointless

[stampman]

if you put the swr meter after the burner then you are swring the burner not the set if you swr the set properly ie top freq and bottom freq you use the you do not need it in line

[chazwozza]

swr meter is always last in line to the antenna unless your using a atu in which case that would be last your looking at reflected radio waves comming back down the line to the radio if you have a power amp after the swr meter your not getting a true reading from the antenna so advising people to do otherwise would be wrong

a swr meter is used to swr the antenna not the set

[plumb bob]

Come on you lot, make your minds up

[chazwozza]

Trust me on this one bob

[jason]

hi,,

hope this helps

[chazwozza]

pretty much what i said

[stampman]

swr meter is used to set the antenna to the frequancy you are using not the amount of power you are putting up it

[chazwozza]

I never said swr meter was used for power settings LOL