[TowerTalk] Carolina Windom, etc.

Jim Jarvis jimjarvis at optonline.net
Fri Sep 7 23:09:34 EDT 2007


Well, yes, Gary, that's true.

But suppose it's 1.2:1?  is that because it's 1.2:1 at the
antenna, or because whatever wierd impedance is presented at the 
feedpoint is transformed to something close to r50 j0?  

Jim/n2ea

-----Original Message-----
From: Gary Schafer [mailto:garyschafer at comcast.net]
Sent: Friday, September 07, 2007 11:00 PM
To: 'Jim Jarvis'; towertalk at contesting.com; areidmaertz at sio.midco.net
Subject: RE: [TowerTalk] Carolina Windom, etc.




> 
> A half wave, more or less in the clear, will radiate
> just fine.  What you measure as vswr at the shack end of
> the feedline reflects impedance transformation in the
> transmission line.  Seeing 1:1 at the end of 500' of line
> doesn't tell you a damned thing about the antenna match,
> or system loss.  Nor does 8:1, although that surely raises
> questions about what's wrong.

Seeing 1:1 swr at the shack means that the swr at the antenna is also 1:1
(provided you don't have excessive feedline loss). Swr will be the same
anywhere on the line.

73
Gary  K4FMX






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