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Re: [TowerTalk] How to calculate aluminium transmission line impedance?

To: "Lux, Jim" <jim@luxfamily.com>
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] How to calculate aluminium transmission line impedance?
From: Tonno Vahk <tonno.vahk@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2022 19:26:50 +0200
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Thanks to everyone who answered and particularly to Rick as this was the 
calculator I was looking for.

It is surprising to see that the transmission line calculator in EZNEC which 
uses round wires gives Zo as 139 ohms for wires of 20mm diameter and 15mm 
spacing.

While with square conductors it is indeed 115 ohms. Quite a difference but of 
course logical as well:)

73
ES5TV

On 10. Oct 2022, at 06:26, Lux, Jim <jim@luxfamily.com> wrote:

On 10/9/22 7:49 PM, Richard (Rick) Karlquist wrote:
> See:
> 
> https://hamwaves.com/zc.square/en/
> 
> Running this gives a value of about 115 ohms.
> 
> The fact that it is aluminum doesn't affect Zo 


it would affect the loss, but not Zo.  There might be some sort of weird small 
change due to skin effect, but it would be "tiny".


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