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[TowerTalk] Full wave loop on 80m : Impedance 50 or 75 Ohms??

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Subject: [TowerTalk] Full wave loop on 80m : Impedance 50 or 75 Ohms??
From: n4kg@juno.com (n4kg@juno.com)
Date: Tue Jan 28 10:54:30 2003
A simple way to match 100 ohm antennas such as
full wave loops or resonant long wires fed at a current
maximum is to use a 1/4 WL 75 ohm coaxial transformer.

The formula for 1/4 WL matching sections is 

Rin X Rout = Zo squared  
where Zo is the characteristic impedance of the matching sectiion.

Tom  N4KG

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