U.RAT Ready for World Domination!

The final part of this u.RAT “science fair project” is wiring the variable capacitor and roller inductor with a 50 ohm dummy load resistor and then attaching the Rig Experts AA-30 so we can see how tuning the components affects SWR and what the L, C and X values are.

I have been playing with different “equivalent circuits” and using a 56 ohm as a dummy load for an antenna, but the control that seems to affect the SWR the most is the variable capacitor.

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Which shows the components that would be in an “L Tuner” and the other components / values for the equivalent circuit. I will re-read my theory books to figure out why the capacitor is the component that is doing all the work. The inductor almost seems to look like a short because of the resistor – I’m not sure.

 

 Category: Antenna Matching, Antenna Tuners, Antennas, Electronics, KPOD, Low Bands, Maker, Raspberry Pi, Stepper Motors      Tagged:

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