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From: Pete Smith <n4zr@contesting.com>
To: towertalk@contesting.com <towertalk@contesting.com>
To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
Date: Monday, August 24, 1998 9:20 AM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Mismatch Loss and Tuners
Pete comments and asks a couple of pertinent questions in
response to Steve Best's earlier posting on the topic.
Pete writes:
>This whole discussion is a semantic thicket. To ease my brain, let's
>consider a specific case. A 1/2 wave dipole, at its resonant frequency, fed
>with 600-ohm open wire line, matched to the transmitter with an appropriate
>LC circuit (including balanced-to-unbalanced transformation) at the
>transmitter end. Assume that the antenna has a feedpoint impedance of 50
>ohms resistive.
>
>Compare to the same antenna fed througha balun with 50-ohm coax, matched to
>a 50-ohm transmitter. Will this second antenna "significantly" outperform
>the first? By how much? Where do the losses occur?
Be very interesting to see the math and numbers Steve Best comes up
with in response, Pete!
73, Jim, KH7M
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