Andrew,
The power split is four ways, ie, with 100 watts, 25w to each vertical.
So whatever the transmitted power was at ZL9CI, one-fourth was sent to
each vertical by the Comtek Systems ACB-40 Hybrid we furnished for the
Campbell Island operation.
(-180 -90-90 & 0 degrees.)
73,
Jim, K4SQR
Comtek Systems
www.comteksystems.com
E-Mail: comtek4@juno.com
On Sat, 25 Sep 1999 17:44:05 +0100 Andrew Williamson
<andrew@gi0nwg.freeserve.co.uk> writes:
>
> Hi all,
>
> I have a simple (dumb) query about the operation of a 4-square.
>
> Assume that the four verticals are properly tuned and are being fed
> with a standard hybrid coupler through RG11 coax and I am operating at
> the resonant point.
>
> If I feed the array with 100W, what is the power split to each
> element. Is it 25W, only fed +/- 90 degrees, or some other split?
Basically,
> I
> want to know the power level at the output of each port of the
> coupler.
>
>
> Andrew Williamson GI0NWG / AC6WI
> Homepage = http://www.gi0nwg.freeserve.co.uk/
>
> One of the ZL9CI gang
> http://www.qsl.net/zl9ci/
>
> --
>
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