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"Cecil Moore" says - There's no such thing as a 100% efficient tuner. ==================================== Cecil, not a very surprising statement. There's nothing which is 100% efficient. What is the typical efficiency of a typical tuner with a typical antenna. Does it differ significantly from 100% ? Yes or no? ---- Reg. Well, at the risk of David going into conflict with the Goliaths of the newsgroups, I would reckon that a tuner (matcher ?) must be a pretty efficient device as it doesn't get very warm from wasting energy as heat - or perhaps my aerials are a reasonably good match and the tuner isn't doing any / much work. Also a tuner, I would suggest, is a fairly useful bit of kit in that it enables the transmitter to see the sort of load it wants to and allows it to deliver more power to the antenna system without the internal protection devices limiting the power it produces (to avoid self destruction) even if not all arrives at the antenna....... Is this a fairly correct understanding of what is going on, Reg / Cecil ? Nick ==================================== Nick, your response indicates a 'perfect' understanding of what goes on inside tuner boxes. If it runs cold or cool with 100 watts there's nothing to worry about. Most Guru's over-exaggerate the importance of tuner losses. But in a practical case they never state what the efficiency actually is. Such omissions illustrate their ignorance of the subject. From the frequency of occurrence at which 'tuner loss' appears in these columns, novices and even experienced amateurs can gain the frightening impression that tuner loss is the most serious loss in the system and is to be avoided at all costs, even to the extent of dispensing with the tuner. In answer to my own question, the efficiency of a typical tuner when used with a typical antenna does not differ significantly from 100 percent. Even if it is as poor as 90% this corresponds to an undetectable loss in signal strength of 0.5dB or 1/13 of an S-unit. Less than the thickness of the S-meter needle. So forget it. ---- Reg, G4FGQ |
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"Reg Edwards" wrote in message ... "Cecil Moore" says - There's no such thing as a 100% efficient tuner. ==================================== Cecil, not a very surprising statement. There's nothing which is 100% efficient. What is the typical efficiency of a typical tuner with a typical antenna. Does it differ significantly from 100% ? Yes or no? ---- Reg. Well, at the risk of David going into conflict with the Goliaths of the newsgroups, I would reckon that a tuner (matcher ?) must be a pretty efficient device as it doesn't get very warm from wasting energy as heat - or perhaps my aerials are a reasonably good match and the tuner isn't doing any / much work. Also a tuner, I would suggest, is a fairly useful bit of kit in that it enables the transmitter to see the sort of load it wants to and allows it to deliver more power to the antenna system without the internal protection devices limiting the power it produces (to avoid self destruction) even if not all arrives at the antenna....... Is this a fairly correct understanding of what is going on, Reg / Cecil ? Nick ==================================== Nick, your response indicates a 'perfect' understanding of what goes on inside tuner boxes. If it runs cold or cool with 100 watts there's nothing to worry about. Most Guru's over-exaggerate the importance of tuner losses. But in a practical case they never state what the efficiency actually is. Such omissions illustrate their ignorance of the subject. From the frequency of occurrence at which 'tuner loss' appears in these columns, novices and even experienced amateurs can gain the frightening impression that tuner loss is the most serious loss in the system and is to be avoided at all costs, even to the extent of dispensing with the tuner. In answer to my own question, the efficiency of a typical tuner when used with a typical antenna does not differ significantly from 100 percent. Even if it is as poor as 90% this corresponds to an undetectable loss in signal strength of 0.5dB or 1/13 of an S-unit. Less than the thickness of the S-meter needle. So forget it. ---- Reg, G4FGQ Well, I was actually pretty sure I was right, but its good to have it confirmed and hope this was useful to others in their understanding or otherwise of the job a tuner (matcher) does. Thanks Gentlemen, Nick |
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