[TowerTalk] 75 ohm - v - 50 ohm coax

[Anthony R. Gold]

On Tue, 19 Feb 2013 06:10:35 -0800, you wrote:

> Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2013 13:38:14 +0000
> From: Steve Hunt <steve at karinya.net>
> Cc: Towertalk at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] 75 ohm - v - 50 ohm coax
>
> If the antenna has an impedance of 50 Ohms, and the coax is close to a 
> quarter-wave or odd multiple long, you'll see an SWR(50) of 2.25:1 at 
> the shack end instead of 1:1.
>
> 73,
> Steve G3TXQ
>
> ##  I thought it would be just 75/50 =  1.5:1  
>
> Jim  VE7RF

A good thought, and if you use a 75 ohm VSWR meter you can measure that.