For you young fellas, it used to be called "surge impedance" just for that
reason.

Steve K/9/d/c/i
"Richard Harrison" wrote in message
...
Henry, WD5JFR wrote:
"can`t be measured with an ordinary ohmmeter. But if you had an infinite
length of any transmission line unterminated and connected an impedance
bridge, it would read the chatracteristic impedance."

Reg, G4FGQ observed on these pages long ago that an ordinary ohmmeter
would read Zo if connected to the end of an infinite line. He is right
of course.

Best regards, Richard Harrison, KB5WZI