[TowerTalk] Fw: 16:1 Transformer

[Tod - MN]

The Sevick books have elaborate, complex arithmetic equations [imaginary
number plane] which allow one to calculate what might happen to the reactive
part of the impedance.   

Tod, KØTO

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> Subject: [TowerTalk] Fw: 16:1 Transformer
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> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Tim Makins" <tim.ei8ic at gmail.com>
> 
>  What does the terms 4:1, 16:1 etc. for baluns really mean?  
> Neither of these  links and none of the books or articles 
> that I have read (skimmed?) explain  what happens to the 
> reactance part of the impedance when a ratio balun is  used!  
> Most likely, all of the antennas that include a balun 
> probably have a  reactance part of their impedance which 
> varies as the frequency changes so I  would think that this 
> is a valid question for understanding baluns?
> 
>  k7puc
> 
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