Re: [TenTec] Ten Tec 238 coupler and 160 meters

[Carl Moreschi <n4py3@earthlink.net>]

I say it's 50-50 whether it's a high impedance or low impedance at the 
coax connection point. We don't know how long the open wire line is so 
the high SWR line could have rotated to anything that would produce that 
particular SWR.
Carl Moreschi N4PY
58 Hogwood Rd
Louisburg, NC 27549
www.n4py.com

On 11/9/2013 5:49 PM, Steve Hunt wrote:
> True - but in the situation being discussed the high SWR on the short
> length of coax is being caused by the load at the balun/ladderline.
> Arguably that high SWR is more likely to be a high impedance mismatch
> than a low impedance one.
>
> Steve G3TXQ
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> On 09/11/2013 22:37, Joel Hallas wrote:
> > Of course, many short 160 meter antennas have a very low Z, and thus this
> > case is not relevant, but that doesn't keep Steve's assertion from being
> > correct, and worth keeping in mind--SWR isn't the whole picture.
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