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Old May 12th 07, 08:06 PM posted to rec.radio.amateur.antenna
Cecil Moore[_2_] Cecil Moore[_2_] is offline
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Default Long inverted V not working well, why?

Rick (W-A-one-R-K-T) wrote:
No doubt my feedline is wrong for a lot of frequencies, made more clear by
the fact that there are a few frequencies where my LDG autotuner can't
find a match.

However, how much does the feedline length matter IF the autotuner is able
to find a good match point?


Some impedances are outside the matching range and some
impedances are barely inside the matching range. Some
of the latter may not be a "good" match point. I model
my antenna systems to get a ballpark idea of what
impedance I am up against and use an antenna analyzer
to fine tune the system.
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73, Cecil http://www.w5dxp.com