[Elecraft] Remote Antenna Tuner

Earl W Cunningham [email protected]
Sun Sep 7 22:33:00 2003


Bill Johnson wrote:

"If the antenna doesn't match transmitter output without  a tuner, does
it really matter where  the tuner is placed as long as the rig output is
matched?"
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Loss in coax will go up if the SWR on the coax is higher, therefore it is
best to have the tuner at the antenna end of the coax to keep the SWR at
1:1 on the coax.
You can't do this if the tuner is at the transmitter end of the coax.

Either way, the transmitter will see a 1:1 SWR.

73, de Earl, K6SE