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REFLECTED FORWARD POWER TESTER [3 records]

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Record 1 1998-08-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radioelectricity
  • Waveguides
  • Aeroindustry
DEF

The product of the outgoing current and voltage travelling from a transmitter down a transmission line to an antenna.

CONT

R. F. Power and V. S. W. R. Indicator Portable Tester.... Use : To indicate forward or reflected power when connected between transceiver and antenna.... The tester when connected in series with the transmission line between the transmitter and the antenna will indicate the power transferred in the forward direction and the reflected power in the reverse direction.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Radioélectricité
  • Guides d'ondes
  • Constructions aéronautiques
OBS

incident, e adj. Se dit d'un rayon lumineux, d'une onde, d'un corps, etc., qui se dirige vers un système avec lequel il va interagir.

OBS

puissance incidente : terme accepté par le Comité d'étude de la terminologie des cartes de travail du DC-9.

Spanish

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Record 2 1987-05-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aeronautical Engineering and Maintenance
CONT

R. F. Power and V. S. W. R. Indicator Portable Tester... manufacturer : Air Canada. Use : To indicate forward or reflected power, when connected between transceiver and antenna.... [This] Tester is a device for measuring R. F. Power and Voltage Standing Wave Ratio(VSWR) of coaxial transmission lines. The tester when connected in series with the transmission line between the transmitter and the antenna will indicate the power transferred in the forward direction and the reflected power in the reverse direction. It has a frequency range of 0. 5 to 225 MHz.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Aérotechnique et maintenance
OBS

appareil de mesure des puissances incidente et réfléchie : terme accepté par le Comité d'étude de la terminologie des cartes de travail du DC-9.

Spanish

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Record 3 1987-02-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radioelectricity
  • Waveguides
  • Aeroindustry
DEF

That power which is returned from the load to the source.

CONT

The [R. F. Power and V. S. W. R. Indicator Portable] tester when connected in series with the transmission line between the transmitter and the antenna will indicate the power transferred in the forward direction and the reflected power in the reverse direction.

OBS

In a transmission line, this is caused by a mismatch in impedance and produces standing waves in the line.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Radioélectricité
  • Guides d'ondes
  • Constructions aéronautiques
DEF

Dans une ligne de transmission RF, la portion de puissance qui retourne vers la source.

OBS

Ce phénomène, causé par un défaut d'adaptation des impédances, produit des ondes stationnaires dans la ligne.

OBS

puissance réfléchie : terme accepté par le Comité d'étude de la terminologie des cartes de travail du DC-9.

Spanish

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