/diy/ - Do It Yourself

>>1729568
I appreciate it - guess there can be bad avenues when finding paths to learn.
From his video, my takeaway was the tuner in essence was no more than a surge protector - not allowing the reflected power back to the transceiver.
Your explanation is more in line with what my understanding was and makes more sense and is more reasonable given the g5rv and random wire are accepted antenna.
The power meter is picking up the reflected power and then sending it forward
>Because a transmitter doesn't absorb reflected power, it re-reflects it, the reflected power ends up being added to the transmitter's power. That is why you see 105 watts