Re: LF: remote antenna tuning

[Stefan Schäfer <Stefan.Schaefer@iup.uni-heidelberg.de>]

Hi Rik,

Am 08.11.2013 16:06, schrieb Rik Strobbe:

Hi Stefan,

 

remote tuning of the loading should be done by optimizing SWR (at the TX), not for maximum RF current.

If one keeps that in mind there is no problem.

...which is in agreement with what i said.
But once you have matched your antenna to 50 Ohm on resonance and you can only vary the reactive part of the antennas impedance (after doing QSY), then you will get the maximum antenna current at best SWR (assuming that Rrad+Rloss is constant which is not to far from reality).

I am not sure if I will keep the remote variometer tuning. It needs some extra wires to the loading coil and I am not sure how long the small DC motor will function properly with all the rain and frost coming up.

Here it holds since more than 2 years for LF now..

73, Stefan