[TowerTalk] "Antenna Tuner"

[Patrick Greenlee]

Hey, Dude!  Don't forget Swan and Atlas... Herb wasn't exactly a bozo 
nor surrounded by bozos.

On 5/3/2014 11:10 PM, Roger (K8RI) on TT wrote:
> On 5/3/2014 11:20 AM, David Jordan wrote:
>> Common use since no code licenses or since most of the Navy radio 
>> ops, Collins and Drake tech have passed- on. ;-/
>>
>> Sent from Dave's iPhone4 ;-)
>
> Common use long before that.  Line tuner and antenna tuner were in 
> commomn use nack in the 60s and 70
>
>
>>
>>> On May 3, 2014, at 9:51 AM, Jim Lux <jimlux at earthlink.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 5/3/14, 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?
>
> It does make the antenna appear to be resonant at R=50 whle L & C are 
> equal
>
> 73
>
> Roger (K8RI)
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