Magnetic Longwire Balun: weird resistance. What is normal?
Ian Jackson wrote:
And I can confirm that, with a transmitter-side (shack end)
matcher/tuner, and good, low-loss coax, you can do away with the
transformer.
All that does is match the 50 Ohm transmitter to the 50 Ohm (or less)
transmission line. It doesn't address the mismatch between the
transmission line and the antenna at all.
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