‰  NOW 20 WPM  ‰ TEXT IS FROM AUGUST 2008 QST  PAGES 44, 45 AND 84  ‰

OF RESULTS ACROSS A BAND FOLLOWING ADJUSTMENT OR REPAIR.  THE
SPECIFICATIONS ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 2.  MEASURING SWR STANDING WAVE RATIO SWR
IS THE MEAT AND POTATOES OF SUCH A DEVICE.  SET FOR A SINGLE FREQUENCY, THE
LCD SHOWS A NICE TO TUNE WITH CALIBRATED BAR GRAPH, A LARGE FONT SWR
READOUT TO THREE DIGITS, AND THE SELECTED FREQUENCY, LEST YOU FORGET.  SEE
FIGURE 5.  SELECTING SHOW ALL ON THE MENU PROVIDES THE DETAILS OF THE
IMPEDANCE BEING MEASURED.  THIS PROVIDES THE MEASUREMENT FREQUENCY, THE SWR
AND ALSO YOUR CHOICE OF A SERIES OR PARALLEL EQUIVALENT MODEL OF R AND X,
INCLUDING SIGN AND EVEN THE CALCULATED EQUIVALENT CAPACITANCE OR INDUCTANCE
VALUE.  SEE FIGURE 6.  THIS IS MUCH MORE USEFUL DATA THAN JUST SWR IF YOU
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I8KNT/350 N7BK/343 K4NP/346 VE1ZZ/353 G5LP/355 KS4YT/331 W9GW/363
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