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What effect does a tuner have at the antenna?
Richard Harrison wrote:
Cecil, W5DXP wrote: "If we monitored only forward current or forward power at the antenna feedpoint, could we still adjust the tuner?" Yes because a conjugate match delivers all available power (a maximum) and a conjugate match also exists at every pair of terminals between the transmitter and the antenna if the tuner and line are essentially lossless. I made an interesting assertion on a related thread over on QRZ Q&A. "A CONJUGATE MATCH TO A MISMATCHED LOAD GUARANTEES MAXIMUM POWER REFLECTED FROM THE LOAD!" The maximum available power is delivered to a mismatched load when a conjugate match exists. It follows that is also the point where the incident power is maximum and the mismatched load will be reflecting the maximum amount of incident power. Apparently, one could adjust an antenna tuner for a conjugate match by monitoring the reflected power at the *output* of the tuner and adjusting for a maximum. :-) -- 73, Cecil http://www.w5dxp.com |
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