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[TowerTalk] 75 ohm - v - 50 ohm coax

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Subject: [TowerTalk] 75 ohm - v - 50 ohm coax
From: "Jim Thomson" <jim.thom@telus.net>
Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2013 06:10:35 -0800
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Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2013 13:38:14 +0000
From: Steve Hunt <steve@karinya.net>
Cc: Towertalk@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


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