[Hallicrafters] Re: Dipole antenna

[Bill Gerhold]

That's a pretty strange statement.  An antenna that does not radiate?
Perhaps you meant something else because all antennas radiate and all
antennas will radiate whatever power they accept minus of course I2R losses
in the antenna element(s) itself.

A tuner cancels out reactance in the antenna system and then adjusts the
impedance to something the radio likes ~ 50 ohms.  The radio does not "Know"
the antenna is beyond the tuner.  It just likes the tuner.  Don't' believe
me?  Put an SWR bridge on the output of the tuner and one on the input of
the tuner.  1:1 into the tuner and just about anything on the output of the
tuner.

K2WH

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:hallicrafters-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Howard R. Weeks
Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2005 5:56 PM
To: hallicrafters at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Hallicrafters] Re: Dipole antenna

Let me add another opinion.

Tuners might permit your transmitter or receiver to "like" the antenna
impedance
a bit better - but they do not help an antenna that does not radiate to
radiate better!

Howard Weeks
Harlem, GA