Topband: FEEDING AN END-FED LONGWIRE

[Sinisa Hristov]

Brian Mattson wrote:

> Bottom line is that the end of my longwire looks like about 4,000 ohms
> impedance at resonance. I simply use an UN-UN to step this down. A 9:1
> winding ratio gives an 81:1 impedance ratio, so I get a 1:1 SWR at resonance


The ratio of 81:1 would be quite an accomplishment.
Did you perform any impedance measurements?


73,

Sinisa  YT1NT, VA3TTN