[TowerTalk] Fwd: Fwd: RG-149: 50 ohm/70 ohm - does it matter?

[Jim Brown]

On 12/16/2013 10:36 AM, n8de at thepoint.net wrote:
> My comment was intended to indicate that YAGI antennas can easily be 
> modified to 75 ohm feed impedance.

Yep.

IMO, 50 ohms was an arbitrary decision made by the first designers of 
solid state transceivers, whose primary experience was design for 2-way 
radio, where 50 ohm antennas were the standard. I don't see it as a bad 
choice, since the electrically  low dipoles that most hams are able to 
install are closer to 50 ohms than 75 ohms.

> Way ahead of you on wire antennas and verticals

I knew that. :) Comments were for others who are not.

73, Jim