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Re: [TowerTalk] Beverage impedance change in cold WX solved

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Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Beverage impedance change in cold WX solved
From: john@kk9a.com
Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2020 06:38:35 -0600
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How important is the matching transformer on a Beverage? I am not a RX antenna guru, I only have installed simple temporary contest Beverages any place where I could hang the wire in desired directions.

John KK9A


jimlux wrote:


On 1/22/20 1:18 PM, VE6WZ_Steve wrote:
Thanks Jim!

I didn't look at the Fair Rite catalog, but yes…its there on page 8. I am using 73 material Binocular cores.

The temp. coefficient for 73 material is .65 % per deg C. My temp change is about 50 deg C, therefore the permeability will change 33 % !!
That seems like a decent amount.


Go to page 28, and there's a curve of properties vs temperature. It
looks like mu is 1500 at -40C and 2100 at 0C  (that's at 10kHz, where
mu'' (the loss) is very low.

The impedance at 10 MHz changes from about 80% at -40 to about 90% at 0
to a peak of 100% at 30C.

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