[BC] Antenna matching tuners: if from scratch

Thomas G. Osenkowsky tosenkowsky at prodigy.net
Thu Jun 4 20:31:19 CDT 2009


Are you referring to an FM antenna matching unit
at the feedpoint? If so, contact the manufacturer.
The correct way is to use a network analyzer to
examine the bandpass. There may be several
combinations that produce a 1:1 VSWR at
carrier, but the bandwidth and performance
under icing conditions may be unacceptable.

Tom Osenkowsky, CPBE

> If there are three tuning stubs, I've heard various ways such as:
> Back all out.  Start with the bottom one in 1 turn increments, then the 
> top one, then the middle one.




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