--- In FT817@y..., "Steve Howell" <AB8JC@y...> wrote:
[snip]
This is the very advice my elmers gave me when I first got on to HF
back in 1983. SWR ain't important; power out is.
If you have a radio that backs off the power when the SWR gets high,
though, it pays to take some notice of it.
[snip]
Suggest everyone forget the so-called "SWR" meter on the rig & use
the Power Output setting instead. You'll still get the HIGH SWR
warning if warranted (in addition to no power output ;-)
Hmm. I wonder how faithful an indication of power out this is into a
non 50 ohm load? Many indicators just work on voltage, which is not
reliable with mismatched loads.
Julian, G4ILO
