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Old May 27th 06, 12:41 PM posted to rec.radio.amateur.antenna
Cecil Moore
 
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Default converting from dipole/inverted vee to beam

Buck wrote:
Maybe I used the wrong word, 'resonance', but I was referring to the
lowest SWR match, which I would assume for the example to be less than
1.5:1 on a given frequency.


'Resonance' means where the reactance is zero.
'Lowest SWR' usually means SWR read on a meter calibrated
for 50 ohms. These two conditions may be quite different.
40+j10 is not resonant but has a 50 ohm SWR of 1.4:1.
10+j0 is resonant but has a 50 ohm SWR of 5:1.
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73, Cecil http://www.qsl.net/w5dxp