Cb antenna for dummys!!!

So then I'm envisioning that an antenna tuner does nothing more than make X=0 at the specified frequency by using various caps and resistors to change the impedance? Am I on the right track?

 

Sort of.

Inductance has something to do with it, not resistors.

 

Oh please ... relax, nothing to get your feathers ruffled over.

Look impeadence is a complicated subject, reactance is also complicated. There is a lot of info out there to learn about the relationship between them. I would put down the analyzer for a few days and learn a little background to understand what it means. Videos are good but knowing the formulas is important,

 

I sent those pictures to mark maybe he'll offer up some sort of insight

 

One of those is capacitive and the other one is inductive and where it crosses the line is the resonant point

 

More like a variable length coil and a variable capacitor

 

That's the confusing part... why is the SWR sky high at the resonant point?

 

Lowest SWR never occurs at the precise Center of the resonant range..
At least not in my world anyway