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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