a bit of geek humor

[Rich NE1EE-2]

So I was watching this show, and our hero, a geek, has shown up just in time to respond to a lightning strike at a transmitter.

Hooking up a VNA, he turns to the (business) operators and says
"Good news. You are still transmitting."
"Bad news. Your return loss is high...way too high."

Scoffing lightly at the deer-in-the-headlights looks...he turns to the VNA, and punches a few buttons, saying
"If I know what I am doing, we should be good!"

And, voila, they are back at full signal. I need one of those VNAs. ;-) For my high return losses.

~R~
72/73 de Rich NE1EE
The Dusty Key
On the banks of the Piscataqua

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[Rich NE1EE-2]

On 2021-01-21 15:22:-0800, Joe K2UF wrote:
> By coincedense I have one for sale.
>
> I am going to need your SS# and a bank account # with user id and password.
>If you reponse within the next ten minutes I will enclose the deed for a
>beautiful bridge in brooklyn N.Y.
>
>.... (Sorry folks I could not resist)
>
>73  Joe K2UF

I posted it as a bit of humor, but I actually hear many hams say they are confused by return loss...they are not alone, apparently, because from the IEEE..."Perhaps over 30% of all antenna papers submitted to the Transactions in the past twelve months have used return loss incorrectly." (2009), so I suppose Disney should not be called too much to task ;-) I admit that I found the term confusing for a while, until I did the math. Then it made sense, but I still think that it is an awkward term, and counterintuitive.

https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/5162049?arnumber=5162049

~R~
72/73 de Rich NE1EE
The Dusty Key
On the banks of the Piscataqua

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