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Topband: Hairpin match to inverted L?

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Subject: Topband: Hairpin match to inverted L?
From: N4ZR <n4zr@comcast.net>
Date: Sun, 1 Sep 2019 14:46:33 -0400
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The other day a ham friend suggested using a coil ("hairpin") to match the low impedance of a well-radialed inverted L to 50-ohm coax.  This struck me as a potentially-attractive alternative to a series vacuum capacitor, but I don't know enough to evaluate it. Thoughts?

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