Cecil Moore wrote:
AI4QJ wrote:
You can take advantage of the "information" provided by the
transmitter, with reference to its Z0 match condition, by merely
observing the maximum available output power.

The point is, it can be monitored *at the antenna*
thus proving that a tuner does indeed have an effect
at the antenna.

All canards have a kernel of truth in them. My guess is that someone
observed that an antenna "tuner" would "tune" a wide variety of oddball
antennas to transmitters that were looking for a particular impedance.

Then to simplify matters, someone said "the transmitter doesn't care
what is on the end of it, so long as it sees that 50 ohms impedance.

It's a short drive from there to "the tuner has no effect on the antenna".

- 73 de Mike N3LI -