"rickman" wrote in message ...

On 9/27/2015 2:20 PM, Wayne wrote:


"rickman" wrote in message ...

On 9/27/2015 10:41 AM, kg7fu wrote:

Matching the antenna won't make the Return Loss go away but it will make
the transmitter happy.

Can you explain this? I thought matching the antenna would *exactly*
make the return loss go away because it would eliminate the mismatch.

Not wanting to put words in his mouth....
I read that to mean that the high SWR between the ATU and the antenna
would remain, but the transmitter would be happy with the SWR on the
transmitter/ATU coax.

# Are you suggesting the ATU is at the transmitter rather than at the
# antenna?

Yes. It is a whip with a 15 foot run of 213 to an ATU in the shack.

The coax loss is low enough that I can live with a higher SWR.