[TowerTalk] OCFD: Should I be able to do better?

[David Gilbert]

Joe,  you are of course correct, but I think maybe he said 576 mohms, as 
in 576 milliohms, although he didn't type it very clearly.  He couldn't 
ever have had a VSWR of 1.012 with j576 ohms.

73,
Dave   AB7E


On 5/27/2021 12:01 PM, Joe Subich, W4TV wrote:
>
>> The closest resonant frequency is 6.68MHz, with an VSWR of 1.012 and
>> an impedance of 50.1-j576m ohms.
>
> That is *NOT* a resonant frequency - not with -j576 Ohms.  Your measured
> value at 7.15 MHz (+j7.11 Ohms) is much closer to resonance.  I would
> estimate the actual resonant frequency ( j0.0 Ohms) to be about 7.13
> MHz.  Note: *Resonance* is defined as j0 ohms regardless of the real
> part of the impedance.