On 6/13/2011 12:34 PM, Cecil Moore wrote:
On Jun 13, 1:55 pm, wrote:
It doesn't make any sense to me to put a shorted
section of line in series with another line, so my confusion starts.

Tom, I didn't know initially that the example was in "Reflections
III". A series stub can be used instead of a loading coil on a wire
antenna. I had never seen a series stub used in such a manner on a
transmission line and that's why I was confused. I'm assuming that the
center conductor is broken and one side is connected to the inner
conductor and one side is connected to the braid on a stub, but I am
not sure that is correct. There's got to be a less complicated example
that we can use.
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73, Cecil, w5dxp.com

Here is a small handout, with a smith chart example!

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Regards,
JS
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