[TowerTalk] "Antenna Tuner"

[David Gilbert]

They adjust the resonance of the >system<, and therefore are indeed 
"tuners".  It's all the same thing, except of course for the feedline 
effects of SWR.

That being said, I have never understood why so many hams get hung up on 
the semantics of the terminology instead of bothering to understand 
what's really going on.

Dave   AB7E


On 5/3/2014 5:56 AM, Marsh Stewart wrote:
> Someone posted the following on the subject of antenna tuners: "They aren't
> adjusting the resonance of the antenna, so what are they tuning?"
>
> When I adjust the capacitance and inductance of my "antenna tuner" my
> antenna does not change length or height, and the length of the feedline
> does not change. Could it be because it is not really an "antenna tuner" but
> is actually an impedance matching network?
>
> Marsh, KA5M
>
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