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T7C04

PRACTICAL CIRCUITS · Antenna and transmission line measurements and troubleshooting: measuring SWR, effects of high SWR, causes of feed line failures; Basic coaxial cable characteristics; Use of dummy loads when testing

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What reading on an SWR meter indicates a perfect impedance match between the antenna and the feed line?

  1. A50:50
  2. BZero
  3. C1:1
  4. DFull Scale
Why SWR is a ratio of the maximum to minimum voltage (or impedance mismatch) on the line, so a perfect match gives equal maximum and minimum, which is a ratio of 1 to 1. At 1:1 no power is reflected back from the antenna, and all forward power goes into the load. In practice a 50 ohm antenna feeding a 50 ohm coax reads 1:1; any mismatch drives the ratio higher, for example a 100 ohm load on 50 ohm line reads 2:1.
Watch out Zero is tempting because reflected power is zero at a perfect match, but SWR is a ratio and can never be less than 1; a meter reading zero simply means no power is being measured.
SWR is a ratio, and the best ratio is one to one. It never goes below 1:1.
HamSandwich explanation, first draft. The question and answers are the NCVEC text.
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The rest of T7C

  1. T7C01 What is the primary purpose of a dummy load?
  2. T7C02 Which of the following is used to determine if an antenna is resonant at the desired operating frequency?
  3. T7C03 What does a typical RF dummy load consist of?
  4. T7C04 What reading on an SWR meter indicates a perfect impedance match between the antenna and the feed line?
  5. T7C05 Why do most solid-state transmitters reduce output power as SWR increases beyond a certain level?
  6. T7C06 What does an SWR reading of 4:1 indicate?
  7. T7C07 What happens to power lost in a feed line?
  8. T7C08 Which instrument can be used to determine SWR?
  9. T7C09 Which of the following causes failure of coaxial cables?
  10. T7C10 Why should the outer jacket of coaxial cable be resistant to ultraviolet light?
  11. T7C11 What is an advantage of foam-dielectric versus solid-dielectric coaxial cable?
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