[TenTec] What makes the 238 good or any other tuner good?

[Gary Hoffman]

That is an excellent example of the kind of trivial loss I was talking
about.  Good choice of examples !

73 de Gary, AA2IZ


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Barry Gross" <barry.n1eu at gmail.com>
To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec at contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2006 4:48 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] What makes the 238 good or any other tuner good?


> On 1/19/06, Gary Hoffman <ghoffman at spacetech.com> wrote:
> >
> > I think the point being missed here by one of the posters is that if the
> > feedline is really excellent....like the 1/2 inch Heliax, or perhaps 450
> > ohm
> > transmitting ladder line, or less radically, perhaps Times Microwave
> > LMR-400, the losses in the feedline are trivial, no matter the
mis-match.
>
>
> The loss for 100ft of RG-213 on topband for a 5:1 SWR is 0.4dB - I'll keep
> it in the shack, thank you very much.
>
> 73, Barry N1EU
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