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What is reflection on an antenna and transmission line system?

April 26, 2017antenna line Reflection system transmission

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What is reflection on an antenna and transmission line system?

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In a perfect antenna system, all the energy supplied to the antenna would be 100% transmitted or received. However, in actual practice, some portion of the transmitted/received energy is reflected back to the source with a resultant decrease in energy. The more energy reflected back, the more inefficient the antenna. The condition of most antennas can be determined by measuring the power being supplied to the antenna (forward power) and the power being reflected back to the source (reflected power). These two measurements can be directly related to antenna VSWR.