[Boatanchors] Was 813 grid to filament... - now antenna tuners

[D C _Mac_ Macdonald]

I subscribe to a Merriam-Webster list entitled "Word of the Day."  A very recent posting debunked the commonly held idea that "doozy" and its various other spellings somehow relates to the Duesenberg automobile.  The etymology of the word apparently relates way back to the word "daisy" (and others) in the sense of meaning a superlative example of a specific grouping.  This root is apparently at least a full century before the invention of the automobile! 
 
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> To: boatanchors at mailman.qth.net
> From: wrcromwell at gmail.com
> Date: Sat, 3 Oct 2015 13:11:31 -0400
> Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] Was 813 grid to filament... - now antenna tuners
> 
> Thank you Gary,
> 
> In spite of occasional curmudgeonly behavior here most of the list 
> members are intelligent enough to figure out most typos (there are some 
> real Duesies once in a while). I didn't notice any typos but I'm not 
> necessarily the sharpest tool in the shed. Besides that - we are not 
> draughting legislation here so typos are often inconsequential.
> 
> I have two Johnson Matchboxes and some L networks with which I tune the 
> transmitter end of my antenna system. I definitely tune something so I 
> often call it an antenna tuner because my antenna system starts where my 
> transmitter (or receiver) leaves off.
> 
> *Real Duesie* comes to us from having a fabulous automobile named a 
> Duesenberg; a real duesie as opposed to a cheap flivver. Some typos are 
> unintelligible - real duesies
> 
> 73,
> 
> Bill  KU8H
> 
> On 10/03/2015 09:19 AM, Gary Peterson wrote:
> > ”You are correct. Actually what they are are (adjustable) impedance transformers...
> > Eugene W2HX”
> >
> >> N0DGNsaid:
> >> They are matchboxes!  the impedance of the antenna hasn't changed one little bit!
> >> All you do is make the transmitter/transceiver happy.  The feed line and the antenna don't change one iota.
> > It is not incorrect to call the matching device in your ham shack an “antenna tuner,” rather than a matchbox, a transmatch or an impedance transformer.
> >
> > Walter Maxwell, W2DU (SK) wrote on this subject in a series of articles in QST, called “Another Look at Reflections.”  He also published at least three editions of a book called “Reflections.”
> >
> > Mr. Maxwell was no dummy when it came to this subject.  He was an antenna design engineer, employed by RCA, and several of his designs ended up in Earth orbit and on the Moon.
> >
> > Maxwell pointed out the importance of the conjugate matching theorem, which states that if a conjugate match is achieved at one point in a system, then a conjugate match exists in every other point in the same system.
> >
> > A conjugate match is defined (paraphrasing on my part) as having equal resistances and equal reactances (if there is any), of opposite sign, as one looks in both directions from a point in a system.  An example would be at the feedpoint of a dipole where, at a given frequency, the resistance of the dipole is 82 ohms and the reactance is +j 35 ohms (inductive).  Looking back into the feedline, the resistance would be 82 ohms and the reactance would be –j 35 ohms (capacitive).
> >
> > Assuming a low loss feedline, this means that if you achieve a match, in the ham shack, with your L, tee, pi or whatever network between your transmitter and feedline input, there now exists a conjugate match between the end of the feedline and the antenna.  One of his articles was entitled “My Transmatch Tunes My Antenna,” as I recall.
> >
> > Mr. Maxwell is in good company.  Several of my BSEE and MSEE friends are in complete agreement with him.
> >
> > There is no reason to jump on anyone who refers to the matching unit in their shack as an “antenna tuner.”  It is just one of several correct terms for the device.
> >
> > Gary, KØCX
> >
> > PS -  I just got out of bed...so I hope there are no typos in above...