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True for an unbalanced antenna. The tuner also absorbs radiated energy from
the
transmitter, reducing the energy put out on the wire. The higher the
mismatch, the lower
the radiated energy.
Mike
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Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2001 6:43 PM
Subject: Re: lv-ab: Galvanic currents
> In a message dated 10/03/2001 4:40:43 PM Atlantic Daylight Time,
> writes:
>
> >
> > What you describe is called a random wire antenna. The wire that sticks
up
> > must be tuned with an antenna tuner which makes up a portion of the
above
> > ground antenna, the other portion of the antenna is the ground. The
more
> > important
> > part of this equation is the ground.
> >
>
> Antenna tuner is only required if the length of the antenna does not
resonate
> at the transmitting frequency. It adds capacitance or inductance to
shorten
> or lengthen the apparent length of the antenna to get it to resonate.
>
> Norm
>
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