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Alexis
adjusting the gamma capacitor/rod can only cancel reactance,
it can't adjust the resistive part, you adjust R by sliding the gamma strap up or down,

remember that when measuring resonance ( not vswr ) through coax, the coax will cancell reactance in the antenna too,

causing x=0 to be somewhere other than where the antenna is resonant unless you are VERY lucky & the antenna is resonant on a frequency where the coax is an electrical 1/4wave or multiple electrical 1/4waves. ie 1/2wave 3/4wave 1wavelength etc,

tuning for x=0 through your coax does not mean the antenna is resonant,
it means the system ( coax + antenna ) are resonant.

[QUOTE="bob85, post: 746152, member: 18"] Alexis adjusting the gamma capacitor/rod can only cancel reactance, it can't adjust the resistive part, you adjust R by sliding the gamma strap up or down, remember that when measuring resonance ( not vswr ) through coax, the coax will cancell reactance in the antenna too, causing x=0 to be somewhere other than where the antenna is resonant unless you are VERY lucky & the antenna is resonant on a frequency where the coax is an electrical 1/4wave or multiple electrical 1/4waves. ie 1/2wave 3/4wave 1wavelength etc, tuning for x=0 through your coax does not mean the antenna is resonant, it means the system ( coax + antenna ) are resonant. [/QUOTE]

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