[TowerTalk] Shunt Feeding a Vertical

K9MA k9ma at sdellington.us
Sat Sep 7 10:45:07 EDT 2019


Correct!

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Scott Ellington. K9MA

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> On Sep 6, 2019, at 7:46 PM, Joe Subich, W4TV <lists at subich.com> wrote:
> 
> Steve, the tap point on the tower is not 50 Ohms.  The true impedance of
> the tap point is *transformed to 50 Ohms* by the (complex) impedance and
> length of the transmission line formed by the tower and "gamma rod".
> That assumes you have a single capacitor gamma match (shunt feed).


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