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[TowerTalk] Adding 12 Meters to C4

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Subject: [TowerTalk] Adding 12 Meters to C4
From: ronc@sonic.net (Ron Castro)
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1999 22:12:41 -0800
I measured 400 - 500 ohms on 12 meters at the main feed.  The 40 meter
section showed 10 ohms and the 75 meter F-12 rotatable dipole was 30 ohms.
Measurements were made with an older MFJ 259, so I don't know what the
reactive component is.

Ron N6AHA

-----Original Message-----
From: Dennis Mowers <k5ya@gvtc.com>
To: Ron Castro <ronc@sonic.net>
To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
Date: Wednesday, January 27, 1999 8:10 PM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Adding 12 Meters to C4


>
>
>Ron Castro wrote:
>>
>> I'll give that a try!  I'm still thinking about some arrangement of using
a
>> relay to switch in an appropriate matching component.  I wonder if anyone
>> knows what the R/X values are at 12 meters?
>>
>Ron--My AO model of a C3 shows 296-j541 ohms at 24.89MHz.  SWR=25.84 .
>Be interesting if someone comes up with an actual measurement.
>
>73, Dennis
>


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