[TowerTalk] Fwd: Bandwidth of a 75/80 meter dipole

Jan Erik Holm sm2ekm at telia.com
Tue Mar 17 22:44:20 PDT 2009


Pete Smith wrote:
> The W6NL approach is 1/2 WL of 50-ohm coax, followed by a quarter wave of 
> 75-ohm, followed by as much 50-ohm as it takes to get to the house.
> 
> 73, Pete
> 
However then the unknown lenght of 50 ohm cable will transform
the impedance after the quarter wave section all over the place,
that is if you are unlucky.
Better use electrical half waves for that cable.

/ Jim SM2EKM




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