Alejandro Lieber wrote in
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On 08/03/2010 04:21 PM, Wimpie wrote:
On 3 ago, 04:08, Alejandro wrote:
I would like to know if I can use RG-6 75 ohm coaxil TV cable to
feed a 14 Mhz dipole with 100 watts PEP.
That should be fine. See my notes at
http://vk1od.net/transmissionline/RG6/index.htm . See Fig 2, RG6 should
handle over 1kW continuous at 14MHz at unity VSWR, over 500W at 2:1
VSWR.
The article also shows a BNC connector option which IMHO is superior to
F connectors.
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I also plan to use the 75 ohm cable to feed a vertical for 20 meters
32º high, that is to say aprox. 22 feet.
With that high, the impedance is 100 + i145 ohms. The reactance is
inductive and I will tune it out with a 80 pf capacitor in series made
with the same cable.
The feed line will be 1 +1/4 lambda so at the input of the line the
impedance will be (75 x75)/108 = 52 ohms
An alternative method of matching is to shorten the vertical a little
from a quarter wave, and use a shunt s/c stub. See
http://vk1od.net/transmissionline/QWVmatch/QWVmatch.htm for a
description of this and another method of matching.
The 8 radials will be 4 feet long with loses of aprox 5 ohms, so
efficiency will be near 94%.
This isn't entirely clear to me.
Owen