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

[Hans Hammarquist]

Correct Don,


That's what I will try to do with my next 2-meter antenna. As I have a bundle of 72 Ohms feed lines why not utilize it all the way.


Hans - N2JFS



-----Original Message-----
From: n8de <n8de at thepoint.net>
To: towertalk <towertalk at contesting.com>
Sent: Mon, Dec 16, 2013 12:55 pm
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Fwd: Fwd: RG-149: 50 ohm/70 ohm - does it	matter?


I wonder why no one has mentioned the fact that the "50-ohm antenna"  
is NOT 'etched in stone'.

ANY antenna can be made to have a 75-ohm feedpoint, thus allowing the  
use of 75-ohm feedine.

When the transmitter/amp/tuner looks at the feedline, it will be  
75-ohms, which MOST GOOD rigs/amps/tuners can easily match.

73
Don
N8DE