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Radio and Electronics Cookbook
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Radio and Electronics Cookbook

by RSGB
November 2000
Intermediate to advanced
336 pages
7h 43m
English
Newnes
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Standing waves

Introduction

Everyone has, or should have, a standing-wave ratio (SWR) meter as part of his/her array of test gear. Most people know how to use it, but what does it really do?

Before attempting to answer that question, we need to look at some aerial fundamentals. An aerial is a transducer, the word meaning ‘to lead across’. We use it whenever one form of energy is converted into another form. A bulb is a transducer; it converts electrical energy in the filament to radiated heat and light energy. Figure 1 shows the situation.

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Figure 1 The light bulb converts electrical energy to electromagnetic light energy

An aerial, or ...

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