On 12/16/2013 12:54 PM, n8de@thepoint.net wrote:
I wonder why no one has mentioned the fact that the "50-ohm antenna"
is NOT 'etched in stone'.
ANY antenna can be made to have a 75-ohm feedpoint, thus allowing the
use of 75-ohm feedine.
When the transmitter/amp/tuner looks at the feedline, it will be
75-ohms, which MOST GOOD rigs/amps/tuners can easily match.
If it's within range of the matching network, the additional power loss
is hardly worth being concerned with.
I think I've said 3 or 4 times now Don, but it seems to be missed<:-))
73
Roger (K8RI)
73
Don
N8DE
Quoting Hans Hammarquist <hanslg@aol.com>:
Hi Jim,
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From: Jim Lux <jimlux@earthlink.net>
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Sent: Mon, Dec 16, 2013 12:07 am
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Fwd: RG-149: 50 ohm/70 ohm - does it matter?
On 12/15/13 5:40 PM, Hans Hammarquist wrote:
I think the real question is whether a such a hybrid/coupler/line
sampler would have a characteristic impedance? That is, if I have a
75 ohm source and a 75 ohm load and I put a line sampler (designed
for 50 ohm systems) in between, will the 50 ohm source see a
mismatch. I think not. Wrong! If you put a "line sample, made for 50
ohm, in a matched 75 ohms line, the sampler will show a 1.5;1 SWR. It
doesn't care what source you have, only what impedance the load
have.
I'm not so sure. If I make a short length of 75 ohm transmission line
(or, for that matter, use a PL-259/SO-239 barrel, which is NOT 50 ohms)
in a typical 50 ohm system. So it's, say, 10 feet of 50 ohm line,
2" of
75 ohms, and 20 feet of 50 ohms, terminated in a perfect 50 ohm load.
I doubt that if you hooked up an SWR meter it's going to show anything
remotely like 1.5:1.
Correct, an SWR meter (made for 50 ohm) would show 1:1 but your 75
ohms line is now not matched as it sees a 50 ohms load. The short 75
ohms line does not ?upset? your set-up. That's why it is called
?short?.
Sure, if I hook up 10 feet of 50 ohm line, then 20 feet of 75 ohm line,
terminated in a 75 ohm resistor, THEN the SWR meter is going to read
1.5:1.
(neglecting the loss in the line in all cases)
In the above set-up it doesn't matter the length of the lines (if we
can neglect the losses)
I contend that it is EXACTLY the same if the BIRD or whatever has a 50
ohm line inside, and you're operating it in a 75 ohm or 92 ohm or
whatever system. The meter will show forward and reflected readings,
but they won't be numerically correct (because the meter is calibrated
for a 50 ohm system), but the ratio is probably right..
I suggest you try it. Forward and reflected power is just one way of
dealing with SWR. The ?true way? is actually to measure the voltage
along the line, take note of the highest and the lowest reading.
The SWR is the highest divided by the lowest reading. This is
transmission-line-independent way of measure SWR. (It is easy to
understand why we don't do that though.) The distance between the
high and the low reading is, by-the-way, 1/4 wave-length.
You will find some type of referrence inside every SWR meter, may it
be a transmission line with a characteristic impedance or a resistor
in a bridge.
Yes, but the "bridge" or "line" doesn't have to be exactly the same as
the system impedance. It can be close, and even if not close, the
numbers can probably be calculated for a new system.
No, I didn't say that. E.g. you can measure a 15 kOhm resistor in a
bridge without using 15kOhm anywhere else in a Wheatstone bridge. If
you care, you can build a transmission line SWR meter using any
type of transmission line as long as you balance it for the desired
impedance.
This is really nothing different from taking a VNA and using a set
of 75
ohm standards to calibrate it instead of 50 ohm standards. The couplers
inside the VNA don't change, just the relation between "voltage on the
detector" and "power" changes.
When you ?calibrate? you do the balancing. If you calibrate for 75
ohms you set up the system for 75 ohms. If you now try to use it
(without recalibration) in a 50 ohms system you will get the wrong
readings.
Hans - N2JFS
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