[TowerTalk] Resonance is over rated

[bill rubin]

True... but the comment is that was resonance was overrated. I disagree.
Sure an transmitter can be "happy" with seeing proper impedance (like with
antenna tunner) but how much power is getting to that antenna ?  How much is
lost is the cable ?  thats my point.


On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 1:20 AM, Dave - AB7E <xdavid at cis-broadband.com>wrote:

>
> That's a fairly ambiguous statement from K4IPV and I think you are possibly
> misinterpreting it.  I can put a properly designed L-network at the base of
> a 50 foot high 80m vertical and it will do exactly what K4IPV recommends.
>  It has nothing to do with whether the antenna is inherently resonant or
> not.
>
> 73,
> Dave   AB7E
>
>
>
> ------Original Mail------
> From: "bill rubin" <brubin2010 at gmail.com>
> To: "Dave Harmon" <k6xyz at sbcglobal.net>,
>    <towertalk at contesting.com>
> Sent: Thu, 6 Aug 2009 23:44:16 -0500
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Resonance is over rated
>
> per the book Antenna Toolkit by Joseph J. Carr, K4IPV
>
> "The only really proper way to reduce the VSWR to 1:1 is to tune the
> antenna to resonance and then match the impedance."
>
>