[Antennas] re: antenna tuners

Thu Dec 1 00:04:35 EST 2005

> You dealt with a very limited number of antenna load conditions as far as
> I
> can tell from your reply.

More than I can count.
> Your conclusion is likely the result of limited testing. Imagine if the
> two
> capacitors were ganged together on the CLC system you just mentioned. How
> would you get a match with one at full capacitance and the other not? How
> would you know what the required fixed value would be?

I see no point in imagining the two capacitors being ganged together as that
is a meaningless configuration
> It all depends upon the range of impedance values you want to match. More
> degrees of freedom mean a greater matching range. You may have had some
> "easy" matches to make and not required the additional matching range the
> two separate cap design provides.

Absolutely right, it depends on the impedances you want to match.
Never was I that lucky, although I did get lucky enough once to match a G5RV
on 1 MHz - have you ever been that lucky? Hi!
73 de W9DMK - Bob Lay, Dahlgren, VA
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w9dmk at crosslink.net