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No!

With cross needle meters the left shows Forward power and the right shows Reflected power. The SWR is where the 2 needles intersect.

Cross needles are better once you get used to them. They require no SWR calibration and you see it all at once. You do have to manually subtract any Reflected power from the Forward but you're supposed to do this on single needle meters too.

Assuming the scale is 1Kw, Pic one shows an SWR of 1.8 with Forward power of 500w and 40 watts reflected. Actual power is 460 watts. You can easily figure the other 3 yourself.

See example below. Where the X is circled is the SWR.

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[QUOTE="fourstringburn, post: 594208, member: 2920"] No! With cross needle meters the left shows Forward power and the right shows Reflected power. The SWR is where the 2 needles intersect. Cross needles are better once you get used to them. They require no SWR calibration and you see it all at once. You do have to manually subtract any Reflected power from the Forward but you're supposed to do this on single needle meters too. Assuming the scale is 1Kw, Pic one shows an SWR of 1.8 with Forward power of 500w and 40 watts reflected. Actual power is 460 watts. You can easily figure the other 3 yourself. See example below. Where the X is circled is the SWR. [ATTACH=full]21179[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]

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