How are you going to get pep power on voice using the nano in order to
set your mic level? How many ubitx users have even implemented a mic
gain control?
Not everyone uses an antenna that is perfectly resonant on all
frequencies. If you never see any reverse power then your antenna setup
is probably unique.
I'll repeat, probably 99% of people that think they are seeing SWR on
their consumer swr meters are actually seeing nothing but a reverse
power reading. You are saying that most amateurs are not getting
sufficient information from their swr meters.
I disagree. They are getting exactly what they need.
tim ab0wr
On Tue, 08 May 2018 15:08:42 -0700
"Jerry Gaffke via Groups.Io" <jgaffke@...> wrote:
Yes, you want peak power to minimize distortion.
But peak or average, some indication of forward power is better than
none for this.
If I have blown a PA fuse, I'd expect to see zero reverse power.
And if that is all I could see, I'd think all was well.
Once you have the two ADC voltage readings from a Tandem match,
the resources required for computing forward and reverse power and SWR
are given in post 48223.? Quite insignificant.? And I have the Nano
pins.
SWR is an easy and customary way of showing at least some aspects of
how the antenna system is doing.? Most hams are comfortable with it.
For me, showing forward and reverse power would be sufficient.
Also showing SWR seems a reasonable thing to do, and trivial.
Just reverse power, not enough information
