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Re: [TowerTalk] G5RV vs 40M dipole

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Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] G5RV vs 40M dipole
From: "john@kk9a.com" <john@kk9a.com>
Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2015 12:54:06 -0500
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A 5:1 SWR on 10m fed with 100 feet of RG-213 will add an extra 1.2 dB of
coax loss.

John KK9A

To:     Al Kozakiewicz <akozak@hourglass.com>
Subject:        Re: [TowerTalk] G5RV vs 40M dipole
From:   Bry Carling <bcarling@cfl.rr.com>
Date:   Mon, 27 Apr 2015 12:50:33 -0400


As he stated though, the loss is often minimal.

Best regards - Brian Carling
AF4K Crystals Co.
117 Sterling Pine St.
Sanford, FL 32773

Tel: +USA 321-262-5471




> On Apr 27, 2015, at 12:42 PM, Al Kozakiewicz <akozak@hourglass.com> wrote:
>
> SWR is determined by the feed point impedance of the antenna and the
> characteristic impedance of the transmission line. The tuner can't do
> anything about SWR on that line, only match (hopefully) the radio's nominal
> 50 ohm impedance to whatever the conjugate impedance is at the radio end of
> the transmission line.
>
> Al
> AB2ZY

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