At 09:15 PM 3/21/05, you wrote:
>Do you mean to say you really might not be able to notice that all the RF is
>just circulating in the tuner with a T match instead of going out to the
>antenna if you get the "false" match? There would be no indication of this
>except nobody would answer you because your signal would be so weak? Does
>that really happen to people???
Jeff - the answer is "sure". There is no way for you to assure that you've
adjusted the T for the most efficient match. The beauty of the L network is
that there is only one possible match for a given load.
A reading of the antenna tuner market survey article that appeared in the
February 2003 QST, page 69 would be a good complement to this
discussion. It can also be read on-line by ARRL members at:
http://www.arrl.org/members-only/prodrev/pdf/pr0302.pdf
Scott Robbins
W4PA
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