Well, I would not call it an antenna tuner. It does not affect the
electrical properties of the antenna itself. The antenna's physical
properties do not change either. So, if at the operating frequency the
antenna has an impedance of say 500 -j3000 ohms, it will always have that
impedance. The antenna coupler will, we hope, be able to transform this
impedance to one that the radio can link to effectively. And that is not to
even mention the effects of the transmission line between the two.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Gorniak" <mgorniak@genesiswireless.us>
To: <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2006 12:42 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] openwire feed OT
> It's not mistakenly called an antenna tuner. It's called an antenna tuner
because it tunes the antenna. It even tunes antennas for people who do not
believe it is doing so.
>
> Mike
> NM7X
>
>
> From: Chas Nagel <cnagel@sbcglobal.net>
> Reply-To: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment <tentec@contesting.com>
> Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2006 14:25:53 -0800 (PST)
>
>
> > >Antenna transmission lines are always a subject of great interest. You
already have had some really good answers to your quiry below. In the 50's
when I entered into ham radio the OT that was breaking me in constructed for
me what was known at the time as an antenna coupler (now known mistakenly as
antenna tuner).
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