Andrew,

Conjugate matching may be a very interesting subject and is indeed a much
discussed topic on these walls.

However, amongst the amateur fraternity, a "conjugate match" should be
classified as being off topic. It does not exist. Not even when the tuner
has been adjusted exactly for a VSWR equal to 1 to 1.

Why?

Because the internal impedance of the transmitter is not 50 ohms. It is not
relevant.

What is the internal impedance of YOUR transmitter? You will not find it
mentioned in the manufacturer's operating or maintenance handbooks. In all
likelihood you will not know what it is even if you designed and built the
transmitter yourself!
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Reg, G4FGQ

On Sun, 23 May 2004 14:17:51 +0000 (UTC), "Reg Edwards"
wrote:

Because the internal impedance of the transmitter is not 50 ohms. It is not
relevant.

Old Son,

Lord Kelvinator would be saddened by such a dismissal of actually
delving into "knowing" by your meagre understanding that fails to
offer an actual value that it IS. Such superstition that dominates
this paucity would lead us to believe the Z is as slight as an angel
wafting past in a dream (would that be in English Units, or metric?).

Definitions by negatives is an amusing troll however. I do enjoy
participation in kind:

Let's see, the Z of a transmitter is NOT
a dead parrot, nor
five farthings, nor
10 inches, nor
a polka dot dress, nor
the gross national income of Lithuania, nor
the combined weight of all your dead white scientists.

I'm sure I missed a few.... ;-)

73's
Richard Clark, KB7QHC