The AT2K is a Transmatch (t-tuner) which gives you possibly higher losses
then the pi net of the linear.
You can simulate the losses of a Transmatch:
http://fermi.la.asu.edu/w9cf/tuner/tuner.html
73
Peter
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From: TowerTalk [mailto:towertalk-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Russ
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Sent: Montag, 27. April 2015 20:48
To: Tom Osborne; towertalk@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] G5RV vs 40M dipole
I use my external tuner (Palstar AT2K) at the output of my linear. Internal
tuners are fine but why make them work to the extreme?
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On Monday, April 27, 2015 11:37 AM, Tom Osborne <w7why@frontier.com>
wrote:
One thing I have noticed with the built-in tuner on my radio is that all
it does is make the radio happy.
The radio shows a 1:1 SWR, but the meter past the radio still shows a
high SWR, so if there is loss on the line, even though the radio is
happy, the loss is still there. I think the tuners just give us a false
sense of security. 73
Tom W7WHY
On 4/26/2015 9:23 PM, Fuqua, Bill L wrote:
> Not everyone knows that a tuner only protects the rig. That is the job
of a dummy load.
> In fact the tuner matches the impedance of the antenna system to the rig
and not only that,
> by doing so providing the antenna with a conjugate match, that is to say
the antenna's radiation
> resistance is matched and its reactance is also matched by the equal and
opposite reactance thus
> making the antenna system resonant. If the antenna has a radiation
resistance of 10 Ohms and
> a capacitive reactance of 100 Ohms the antenna tuner matches it with 10
Ohms real resistance and
> an inductive reactance of 100 Ohms thus providing maximum energy
transfer. While at
> the same time it provides 50 Ohms resistive load for the transmitter.
> Resonating the antenna system with a tuner is equivalent resonating the
antenna. The only difference
> is that there may be some additional losses within the tuner and
transmission line which are generally
> minimal at HF frequencies. Also, there is a reduction in bandwidth of the
antenna system.
> Yes it does change the currents and voltages in the antenna. The G5RV
was an antenna developed back
> when we had tube transmitters with a PI network output that could
accommodate a broad range of
> impedances. It also was made to work on 5 bands.
> Just about every AM broadcast antenna system has an antenna matching
network. It is a shame that
> they don't work.
> 73
> Bill wa4lav
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