They adjust the resonance of the >system<, and therefore are indeed
"tuners". It's all the same thing, except of course for the feedline
effects of SWR.
That being said, I have never understood why so many hams get hung up on
the semantics of the terminology instead of bothering to understand
what's really going on.
Dave AB7E
On 5/3/2014 5:56 AM, Marsh Stewart wrote:
Someone posted the following on the subject of antenna tuners: "They aren't
adjusting the resonance of the antenna, so what are they tuning?"
When I adjust the capacitance and inductance of my "antenna tuner" my
antenna does not change length or height, and the length of the feedline
does not change. Could it be because it is not really an "antenna tuner" but
is actually an impedance matching network?
Marsh, KA5M
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