Thread: Long Wire Balun
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Old February 20th 04, 07:10 AM
Stephen Cowell
 
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"Reg Edwards" wrote in message
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Wrong!

If a long wire antenna, regardless of Zo, is about 1/4 wavelengths long it
will have an input impedance less than 50 ohms.


For me, it has to be over a wavelength
before I'll call it 'long' wire... 1/4 wave is
*definitely* not a long wire, by any stretch
of the imagination.
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Steve
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