Hello Charles.
01 Apr 97 20:05, Charles Moody wrote to Ray Wade:
 CM> ...... I stand corrected, and thanks for being patient as I learn.
 CM> What has thrown me is the fact that many, and I do mean many SWR
 CM> meters and the like seem to need certain amounts reflected power to
 CM> move their needles.
 CM>
 CM> .05 watts to 5 watts shows a flat match, but at 50 watts you get 1.2:1
Don't think that this doesn't happen to the best swr meters.  My Bird 43 
experiences this as well.  Just for grins, insert the meter between the 
feedline and the antenna, then between the radio and the feedline.
Let us know what the different readings are.
... It's not bass unless you can feel it!
---------------