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"Doug Dotson" wrote:

I think we all kind of sort of knew this Bruce.

Doug

"Bruce in Alaska" wrote in message
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I suspect that there is a big misunderstanding of TERMS, going on here.
Definitions are being misused on both sides......

Lets get the TERMS Fixed and Understood first.

Transmitter = Rf Source that has an impedance of 50 Ohms

Transmission Line = Coaxial Feedline between Transmitter and Antenna
Tuner.
Antenna Tuner = Device that matches impedance of it's input (50 Ohms)
to that of the antenna that connects to the tuners
output.
Antenna = Effectivly a wire, or pipe, or other conducting structure
used to radiate RF Energy supplied by the Transmitter to
the feedline.

NOW that we have these definitions settled, Please continue the
discussion.

Bruce in alaska
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Really, then why are folks talking about SWR on the Feedline as being 3:1
or sum such when the feedline in reference system above would have no
SWR as it is at 50 Ohms on both ends???? TERMS are significant, and
Larry, and the rest are mixing them thoughout this whole thread.

Bruce in alaska
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