[TowerTalk] dipole

[K4SAV]

Right you are.  I was a bit careless with my wording.  A tuner matches 
impedances, not SWRs.

Jerry

SavageBR at aol.com wrote:

> In a message dated 7/10/2005 22:17:25 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, 
> RadioIR at charter.net writes:
>
>     The SWR at
>     the antenna should be very high, but the SWR seen by the tuner can be
>     most anything depending upon the length of your transmission line
>
> Except for the effect of transmission line loss, SWR does NOT change 
> depending on transmission line length. SWR is constant with line 
> length. Only impedance changes as a function of line length. It is 
> true that changing the line length may offer an impedance at the 
> transmitter end that is easier for your tuner to match. But, the SWR 
> will be the same except for line loss.
>  
> Bruce,  AA4Z