On 1/31/2017 19:03, Lynn W. Taylor, WB6UUT wrote:
If I did the math right (always a question) your load must be between about 5 ohms and 500 ohms, so if your antenna is about 400 ohms (not resistance, but impedance) then you're okay.
Not necessarily. That 400 Ohms could be almost pure reactance, like 1+j399.999, an almost infinite SWR. That's why ATU specs call out the SWR range. Even then, that might be for mostly resistive loads, as it's really hard to specify the whole range of impedances an ATU can match.

73,

Scott  K9MA

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