Sean Breheny wrote:
>> Resonance center and pure resistive impedence are not always the
>> same thing, although usually close. The resonance peak is usually
>> the easiest thing to measure. For quick and dirty tuning it's
>> probably enough.
>
> Olin, can you please elaborate? What criterion are you using to judge
> resonance here if not the absence of a reactive component?

The easiest way to measure resonance is probably to feed it with a
relatively high impedence source and then find the frequency that results i=
n
the highest amplitude.  Unless you've got a very high Q antenna though, the
resonance peak and the pure resistive point are going to be close enough
that either is fine for tweaking things.


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