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Old January 14th 11, 02:39 PM posted to rec.radio.amateur.antenna,sci.electronics.design
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Default Understanding Parallel to Series conversion

On Fri, 14 Jan 2011 07:20:20 -0600, "amdx" wrote:

I want maximum transfer of power, I'm still working with the tank as
a large pure R so I want the antenna to look like the same large R.


No you don't.

What you want is the lightest final load sufficient to drive a speaker
for a detectable sound matched to the Tank such that it does not
degrade its Q which in turn is the highest possible value for
supporting the largest amount of signal from the antenna at hand.

Am I wrong?

73's
Richard Clark, KB7QHC