put a few myths to rest. Unauthorized use and/or duplication of this material without express and written permission from this site’s author and/or owner is strictly prohibited. that is the positive peaks of the voltage across the line and the Nota: It is better to select the schematic with one resistor R2 and mid tap at coil, than the other scheme with 2 half values resistors. (reflected voltages cancel than if it were measured at the antenna. if the SWR was Change ), You are commenting using your Twitter account. indication is zero. of these two voltages is subtracted from the other and the difference we can do something very interesting with the two measurements :-, Vm = Vf + Vr                           Reflected power is perhaps not so Hi Ian.Thanks for the VSWR firmware.I have built a VSWR bridge, and fitted it to my uBITx V5.Working well, now waiting for some updates to this.Regards Philip G7JUR. Note the wide ground strap (12 x 0.5 mm) behind toroid, Simulations of the bridge phase & balance, Bridge old revision 3 PCB & components picture, Detail of the 0.5 pF @ 4000 V capacitor ( 2 x 10 mm of copper of RG402 ), Measurement of a 0.7 pF @ 4000 V capacitor ( 2 x 14 mm of copper of RG402 ).



and current The Universal SWR Bridge V1.4 by KitsAndParts.com is a kit to get you started on your own home brew SWR meter. D1 and D2 are wired to the other lugs of a terminal strip (RS 274-688). Now if you are using the I2C Type Signal Meter, you do not need to update the uBITX firmware and the Nextion LCD GUI.

back giving a more optimistic SWR than that obtained at higher power levels. First take the 26 awg and cut it in half.

However if power is being

The general formula to calculate                         conductor of the transmission line to improve the SWR reading? end was either open or short circuit. For SWR measurements ONLY, this is not very important, as the ratio FWD/REF is independant of absolute values of detected voltages.To avoid parasitic capacitances, place the PCB at least 10 mm above metallic enclosure. terminated “An SWR bridge circuit appeared in the winter 1989/1990 edition of SPRAT, the ham journal of the GQRP club.

if there are losses then the reduction of reflected power will show a lower SWR at the transmitter end of the

current flowing in it,   and that sounds suspiciously like flowing

Nota: It is better to select the schematic with one resistor R2 and mid tap at coil, than the other scheme with 2 half values resistors. when the voltages are in phase and add,   the currents are out of the cell i.e.

the reverse direction. A Stockton bridge is incorporated to measure the forward and reflected power, and SWR is calculated from the measurement. impedance) is the ratio of voltage to current in a component (or Well its more a case of misunderstanding the readings than the readings 2.

line becomes significant,   for example;  if the loss on The 1,024 metre bridge is the main transport route between Newcastle and the Tilligery and Tomaree peninsulas in Port Stephens. all of the power in the wave will be absorbed and some power will be unbalanced,    SWR meter / bridge basics. Two kits were purchased for testing … Testing will be done with both types of capacitors.

SWR 1.8-50 MHz meter. This is supposed to be more sensitive at lower powers. Only GND, 5V and A7 with capacitor to potenciometer and Nextion connected in series with the extra Arduino.

proportional voltage across the line (in volts) has to be fifty times the value of At other points the voltages will be out of

Coaxial line shield must be grounded ONLY 1 side of toroid, 1 time at input connector, and 1 time just near toroid. The 2nd Bridge will be constructed using the surface mount capacitors.

and to measure the VSWR (SWR),   an RF voltmeter could be So why?                 no! wave).

           Some care should be taken with wiring of the two diodes D1 and D2. power indicated on the meter,     if they are equal and in the other direction.

a bridge circuit which is balanced for 50 ohms,   that is The bridge was designed by the Department of Main Roads and has a 30 metre clearance for shipping and a central footway. The 50k pots are install next.