On (24 Mar 97) Charles Moody wrote to Ray Wade...
 CM> RW>BTW, SWR is a combined function of the feedline and the antenna,
 CM> *not* RW>power level. Your readings indicate either a poor SWR meter
 CM> or one that RW>is affected by RF. 0.1 watt or 1500 watts input to a
 CM> particular
 CM> RW>antenna *system* (feedline *and* antenna) should yield exactly the
 CM> same RW>SWR.
 CM> ......................................................................
 CM> ..... I haven't done a lot of antenna theory research, but I always
 CM> thought that increased power means increased resistance thus equalling
 CM> higher SWRs.
 CM> During my 11 meter days when I would run lot of power SWRs would come
 CM> up, and I had a really nice system, good coax, and so forth.  My SWR
 CM> meter is a Para Dynamics PDC9 dual band SWR meter.
I have a Bird, with a variety of elements. Even *it* is affected by a
near RF field. I repeat. SWR has nothing to do with *power level*.
... Alex, I'll take "Things Only I Know" for $1000.
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