Mark Keith wrote:

Cecil Moore wrote:
W2DU choke, virtually lossless. The tuning cap is also virtually
lossless, much more so than a tuner with a coil.

Won't this depend on the match involved? I have trouble seeing that
connection as "virtually lossless".

I feed all my antennas at a low resistance current maximum point so the
W2DU choke is indeed virtually lossless and fully functional to boot
because it is seeing its designed-for resistance. You would know that
if you took time off from your prejudice position to actually think. :-)

It's about as good as open-wire line with a 10:1 SWR. The matched line
losses in 100 ft. of RG-213 are higher than the unmatched line losses
in 100 ft. of open-wire line with a 10:1 SWR on 80m.

Sure, but is it enough to notice on the air? I doubt it...

If it's not enough to notice on the air, doesn't your entire point
evaporate into nothingness? If no one notices whether an antenna is
resonant or not or fed with coax or open-wire line, what is the point
of your argument?

Why? I've already done it. I don't need those numbers to help make up
my mind. I've compared the real antennas. I'll never change my mind.

That's pretty obvious and is a trait shared by the Catholic Priests who
condemned Copernicus and Galileo. I believe you will never change your
mind even if you come over to my house and see scientific evidence to the
contrary. It's a good thing human lifespans are so short or else the human
race would never make any technical progress.
--
73, Cecil, W5DXP



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