[TowerTalk] Open Wire

[DavidC" <eDoc@netzero.net (DavidC)]

> It seems that one thing has been forgotten.  The line may be lossless.
> The tuner isn't.  Read QST and you will see that many of the commercial
> units available today have power losses of 30% or more.  The best unit
> quoted was a Johnson Matchbox.
>
> So you've substituted line loss for tuner loss.
>
> Again where's the benefit?
>
> 73 de Brian/K3KO

I don't receive QST at the moment.  Who is selling tuners with 30% loss?
Or is that under very unusual conditions?  I cannot believe that there is a
single Ham who would knowing buy a tuner with 30% loss in normal use!

A properly designed tuner for the application should have negligible loss.

73, DavidC  K1YP

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