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Old July 9th 15, 07:01 PM posted to rec.radio.amateur.antenna
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Default An antenna question--43 ft vertical

Jeff wrote:
you may get a 50 ohm match at that point.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standi...dance_matching

"if there is a perfect match between the load impedance Zload and the
source impedance Zsource=Z*load, that perfect match will remain if the
source and load are connected through a transmission line with an
electrical length of one half wavelength (or a multiple of one half
wavelengths) using a transmission line of any characteristic impedance Z0."

This wiki article has a lot of good info in it. I have seen a lot of
stuff posted here that this article directly contradicts.... I wonder
who is right?


That is a very specific case where the source is not at the system
impedance and happens to be equal to the load impedance, there will also
be standing waves on the transmission line and associated losses as the
VSWR on the line will be equal to the magnitude of the mismatch between
the transmission line impedance and the load impedance.

Jeff


Most people take the source impdedance to be the system impedance, i.e.
the impedance for which everything else is designed for.

To put it another way, do we design transmitters to match the antenna
and feed line or design antennas and feedline to match the transmitter?


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Jim Pennino