Fw: [TowerTalk] Tuners

jerryc jerryc at clinchrivercorp.com
Sat Feb 14 10:21:36 EST 2004



 Bill
 If the swr meter is between the antenna and the tuner then you are not
 reading the  swr the radio or amplifier sees.  The proper place for the
swr meter is  after the amplifier and before the tuner.  Tune the tuner
with the amplifier in standby and then  bring the amp online.
The tuner isn't really to fool the radio but to act as an impedence matcher
to transform the impedence from the antenna (whatever the value is) to the
50 ohms our radios and amplifiers need to safetly produce full power.
Hope this makes sence.
73s
JerryC
KC8TES



> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Bill Hawkins" <w5ec at bellsouth.net>
> To: <towertalk at contesting.com>
> Sent: Saturday, February 14, 2004 8:53 AM
> Subject: [TowerTalk] Tuners
>
>
> I have always been a bit confused about antenna tuners. I contend that it
is
> a box inserted into  a feedline to fool the transmitter or amplifier into
> think it is feeding power into a "perfect" load.  There are other
theories.
> This is not the point of my question.
>
> I place my SWR/power  meter after my tuner and tune for minumum reflected
> power indicated on the meter. This makes the amp think it is seeing a very
> good load. Or, if the amp is not on, the transceiver sees a good load.
>
> I recently saw a couple of diagrams that placed the SWR  meter prior to
the
> antenna tuner. I don't remember what the articles were about but it has
> bothered me ever since I saw them.
>
> Is this an accepted method of SWR measurement? Can it indicate a properly
> tuned antenna/feedline? Or was it a drawing error?
>
> Bill W5EC
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