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📌 Troubleshooting VSWR.

What is VSWR?

VSWR (Voltage Standing Wave Ratio) is a measure of how efficiently radio-frequency power is
transmitted from a power source, through a transmission line, into a load (for example, from a
power amplifier through a transmission line, to an antenna).

In an ideal system, 100% of the energy is transmitted. This requires an exact match between the
source impedance, the characteristic impedance of the transmission line and all its connectors,
and the load's impedance.

In real systems, mismatched impedances cause some of the power to be reflected back toward
the source (like an echo). Reflections cause destructive interference, leading to peaks and
valleys in the voltage at various times and distances along the line.

VSWR measures these voltage variances. It is the ratio of the highest voltage anywhere along
the transmission line to the lowest.

Mathematically:

VSWR is the voltage ratio of the signal on the transmission line:

VSWR = |V(max)| / |V(min)|

where V(max) is the maximum voltage of the signal along the line, and V(min) is the minimum
voltage along the line.

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