Steve wrote :
[much deleted]
SUMMARY - A matched antenna will significantly outperform a
mismatched antenna with a tuner. A tuner cannot introduce "reflection
gain" to change this fact.
This whole discussion is a semantic thicket. To ease my brain, let's
consider a specific case. A 1/2 wave dipole, at its resonant frequency, fed
with 600-ohm open wire line, matched to the transmitter with an appropriate
LC circuit (including balanced-to-unbalanced transformation) at the
transmitter end. Assume that the antenna has a feedpoint impedance of 50
ohms resistive.
Compare to the same antenna fed througha balun with 50-ohm coax, matched to
a 50-ohm transmitter. Will this second antenna "significantly" outperform
the first? By how much? Where do the losses occur?
73, Pete Smith N4ZR
n4zr@contesting.com
"That's WEST Virginia. Thanks and 73"
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