On Sun, 30 Jun 2013 07:24:34 -0500, John S
wrote:

On 6/27/2013 11:49 PM, Jeff Liebermann wrote:

On the short end of the scale, the 1/8th wave antenna at:
http://www.11junk.com/jeffl/antennas/Monopole/monopole_0_125/slides/monopole_0_125.html
shows 254 ohms, which will work with a 2:1 turns ratio transformer.

I don't think a transformer is a significant help. Without the
transformer the SWR is about 158:1. With the transformer, the SWR is
still up to about 61:1. That will probably kick in the SWR protection of
the transmitter.

John - KD5YI

Nope. A 2:1 turns ratio tranformer will provide a 4:1 impedance
ratio, not a 2:1 impedance ratio.

The required transformer ratio would be:
(254 / 50)^0.5 = sqrt(5) = 2.3
A 2:1 turns ratio xformer should be close enough.

Another way is to take the 2:1 turns ratio transformer, which has a
4:1 impedance ratio, and divide the antenna impedance by the impedance
ratio:
254 / 4 = 63.5 ohms.
Not exactly 50 ohms, but close enough.






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