TopBand: QST Antenna Tuner Review

[GOOSE WD8LLD]

On 25-FEB-1997 Ward Silver wrote:
   > To paraphrase David Sarnoff (founder of RCA) who was originally
   >speaking about finance..."Impedance-matching antennas at the
   >transmitter is the art of passing RF from hand to hand until it
   >finally disappears."
   > To be sure, there are some tuners that are better than others.  N4XM's
   > looks like the best of the bunch.  But a little extra work outside
   >means less expensive shack heating inside.

     I totally agree with Ward on this issue.  Why burn up those precious
watts in the coax as heat when a little extra work done with a matching
device at the antenna will result in maximum power transfer and less wasted
power heating up the coax.


73.....de Goose W8AV (ex- WD8LLD)  "gooster@delphi.com"


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