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Old May 29th 09, 03:33 PM posted to rec.radio.amateur.antenna
Ian Jackson[_2_] Ian Jackson[_2_] is offline
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Default Loop antenna matching question

In message , Cecil Moore
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Hal Rosser wrote:
If I recall, a full wave loop has an impedence of about 100 ohms, so
if you feed it with an electrical half-wave length of 75-ohm coax,
you should have an acceptable match, and a decent vswr.


Methinks you meant *quarter-wave* length of 75-ohm coax.
A half wavelength would merely repeat the feedpoint
impedance.


The question is, "Do you use a quarterwave of 75 ohm cable to get
something like a 50 ohm impedance at the TX end - even if this means
using more coax than you really need or, to minimise losses, do you
simply use the shortest length of coax - either 50 or 75 ohm?"
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Ian