[TowerTalk] Adjusting antenna tuners

Eric Scace K3NA eric at K3NA.ORG
Wed Jan 29 06:38:55 EST 2003


   A very convenient way to adjust antenna tuners is to use a handheld impedance analyzer as the signal source.  I happen to use an
AEA CIA-HF, which can graph the SWR across the band.  Not only can I see how broad or narrow-banded the tuner's "solution" is, but I
can also easily see which way things change when I turn the various controls of C and L.  I tweak for the solution that gives the
broadest, flattest match.

   Lastly, the signal level emitted by the analyzer is very low so QRM on the bands is reduced.

-- Eric K3NA




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