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Old February 1st 11, 12:06 PM posted to rec.radio.amateur.antenna
Cecil Moore Cecil Moore is offline
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Default Quarter-wave matching coaxial cable

On Feb 1, 2:05*am, eddy wrote:
... which of the three methods are considered more reliable ?


I assume you are trying to configure a 1/4WL 75 ohm piece of coax to
interface to your ~100 ohm loop. What I would do is cut it a little
longer than 1/4WL with the velocity factor taken into account. Connect
it to the antenna and trim for lowest SWR on the MFJ258B. Why bother
with an exact 1/4WL when you can trim for lowest SWR using the actual
antenna?