-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Charles Morrison
Since I don't plan on hanging off the side of the tower to operate my station, isn't it more prudent to tune the entire "system", flaws, feedline and all if my main concern is what SWR my equipment, in my shack, sees? ------------------------ No it isn't. If you're using 50 ohm coax and an antenna that is not 50 ohms resistive, you'll set up standing waves in the coax which will result in signal loss. Having a tuner at the rig will protect the rig from the effects of the standing waves, but the line loss will still be there. Far better is to have the tuner at the actual antenna feed point (or to adjust the antenna to be 50 ohm resistive). Then you'll have a happy rig AND minimal loss in the coax. - Keith N1AS - - K3 711 - _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
