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Old May 2nd 11, 03:17 PM posted to rec.radio.amateur.antenna
Cecil Moore Cecil Moore is offline
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Default Transmitter Output Impedance

On May 2, 8:18*am, Wimpie wrote:
I would recommend you to measure something yourselves, ...


Please take a look at the numerous measurements performed by Walter
Maxwell.

Let's take a simple example of the single-port s-parameter results.
There exists a black box with one exposed port. The impedance is
measured to be 50+j0 and s11 is assumed to be zero when driven by a 50
ohm source. There could be a 50 ohm dummy load in the box but there is
not.

Actually, inside the black box is a 1/4WL Z0=100 ohm transmission line
routed to a 200 ohm resistor. s11 is certainly not zero and is
measured, using the 2-port procedure, to be 0.3333.

Which s11 is correct, 0.0000 or 0.3333?
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73, Cecil, w5dxp.com
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