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Alexis

a 1/4wave of coax or odd multiple 1/4waves transforms impedance whenever the load is not perfectly matched to the coax,

a short circuit at the far end looks like an open circuit at the analyzer,

an open circuit at far end looks like a short circuit at the analyzer,


if your antenna was 25ohm you would see 2:1 swr but impedance would be inverted to 100ohm at the analyzer,

a 100ohm load will be 2:1 swr & invert to 25ohm at the analyzer,


you can test this by putting resistors or 2 dummyloads on a t-piece at the end of your 1/4wave jumper,


if you do the same with a tuned 1/2wave of coax, you will see that the 1/2wave does not invert impedance when its not perfectly matched,


a 1/2wave reflects the load impedance at its input end,


both lengths will shift where you see resonance at the analyser`,


tune for minimum swr since minimum swr occurs when the load has least reactance.


i would use your best line isolator at the feedpoint & include it as part of your tuned 1/2wave jumper when you tune the jumper.