It fools the radio in to thinking the antenna is good for where you want to 
transmit and it doesn't matter what the antenna is, that's the function of 
an antenna tuner.
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From: "David Pearson" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Monday, June 30, 2014 12:11 PM
Subject: practical functions of antenna tuners?


> Hello List:
>
> A previous post suggested that an antenna tuner "fooled"an antenna into
> thinking that the antenna was resonant on a particular band/frequency(I
> think that he was referring to verticals).
>
> My question concerns multi-band wire horizonntals(a 10-40 half-size g5rv 
> for
> example).
>
> In this situation, is an antenna tuner performing the same function as it
> did with the vertical("fooling" the feed system into believing it's 
> matched,
> or does it perform some other positives(better power transfer, etc.)?
>
> Sincerely yours,
>
>
>
> David S. Pearson-wa4dsp
>
>
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