I take it to mean, the tuner will "probably" match any halfway well
designed antenna...
73, and thanks,
Dave (NK7Z)
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ARRL Volunteer Examiner
ARRL Technical Specialist, RFI
ARRL Asst. Director, NW Division, Technical Resources
On 7/11/21 11:58 AM, Al Lorona wrote:
This question is about how manufacturers spec the matching range of their
antenna tuners.
If an antenna system presents an impedance of 5 + j0 ohms to the antenna tuner,
that's an SWR = 10 to 1.
But, an antenna impedance of 50 - j143 ohms is also SWR = 10. So is 110 - j200
ohms.
When a manufacturer like Elecraft says, "Our antenna tuner can match a 10:1
mismatch," does that mean the tuner can match the first case above, the second case,
the third case, or all three?
I guess what I'm asking is, are all of the impedances above equally difficult
for the same tuner to match? Or is one 'harder' than the others? It would
depend on the values of the L and C in the tuner, wouldn't it? Which implies
that certain 10:1 mismatches are not tunable?
Thanks,
Al W6LX/4
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