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An antenna question--43 ft vertical
Jeff wrote:
That is correct, but not the situation that we are discussing, we are talking about matching a load to a 50 ohm transmission line. In that case changing the length of line will NEVER result in a match. Using a *different impedance* length of coax as a transmission line transformer is a totally different case, and as you say will result is a standing wave on the line and associated losses. Jeff So you are only interested in special cases? No. I am commenting on the original proposal that changing the length of a line of the same impedance as the system impedance can result in a good match when one did not exist to start with. Jeff OK, but that has been settled long ago. BTW, for a real world transmission line transformer, the transformer section where the impedance mismatch occurs will be of a very short length compared to the total transmission line and thus will have low loss. -- Jim Pennino |
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Jeff wrote:
How about a section of transmission line with one impedance of some length attached to a section of transmission line with a different impedance of random length? That is not the same situation as changing the length of a transmission line of the same impedance which is what we are discussing. Jeff OK; I thought that was totally settled. -- Jim Pennino |
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John S wrote:
On 7/10/2015 12:29 PM, wrote: John S wrote: On 7/10/2015 12:29 AM, wrote: John S wrote: On 7/9/2015 12:32 AM, wrote: John S wrote: On 7/8/2015 4:48 PM, wrote: John S wrote: On 7/8/2015 12:47 PM, wrote: John S wrote: So, at 1Hz the law has changed, eh? What new law do I need to use? To be pendatic, there is only one set of physical laws that govern electromagnetics. However for DC all the complex parts of those laws have no effect and all the equations can be simplified to remove the complex parts. In the real, practical world people look upon this as two sets of laws, one for AC and one for DC. A good example of this is the transmission line which does not exist at DC; at DC a transmission line is nothing more than two wires with some resistance that is totally and only due to the ohmic resistance of the material that makes up the wires. So, is .01Hz AC or DC, Jim? How about 1Hz? 10Hz? Where does AC begin and DC end? It is called a limit. If there is NO time varying component, it is DC, otherwise it is AC. Are you playing devil's advocate or are you really that ignorant? Then there is no such thing as DC because even a battery looses voltage over a period of time. DC voltage sources have noise. An ideal battery doesn't. Where can one be purchased? At the ideal battery store. C'mon, jimp, what concession from me will it take to get us back on track so we can discuss this topic in an adult and gentlemanly manner? When one analyzes circuits, it is done with ideal components. Yes, until you throw in the requirement that one must go get an off-the-shelf ham transmitter for measurements. Babbling nonsense. Amateur radio equipment is designed by the same engineering tools that design everything else. If the real world properties are important, they are in turn modeled with additional ideal components. Yes. For example, an ideal voltage source has constant voltage and zero source resistance forever. Yes. If the source resistance is important to the circuit, then it is modeled by putting an ideal resistor in series with the voltage source. Yes. Your statement: "Then there is no such thing as DC because even a battery looses voltage over a period of time. DC voltage sources have noise." is either just a childish strawman or you have no real clue how circuits, including electromagnetic circuits, are modeled. This was in response to your asinine statement "At the ideal battery store." And, the whole thing started when I asked you to define the difference between AC and DC. There is no breakpoint, jimp, it is dependent on which tool we use to analyze the problem at hand. Nope; In mathematics it is called a lower limit. My "asinine statement" was appropriate for your asinine question. The tools used at DC may have been derived from that same base principals as used at AC, but they are much simplified and many things that exist at AC simply do not exist at DC, e.g. capacitors, inductors, transmission lines, propagating fields, etc. The only time where the fact that a real battery discharges would be of any significance is if you were analyzing a circuit for it's performance over a voltage range, in which casee one would step the voltage source. Okay, jimp. You did not answer my direct question, so I must assume you have no further interest in continuing this childish argument. I am tired of your nit-picky responses that we can all see through. They are designed exclusively to satisfy your ego and we don't need that in spite of the fact that you can be a valuable source of information. Yeah, I needled you right back because you refused to continue in a reasonable manner. I am responding as an engineer would respond. An engineer doesn't arm wave crap about battery discharge disproving DC theory. -- Jim Pennino |
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An antenna question--43 ft vertical
rickman wrote:
On 7/10/2015 1:39 PM, wrote: standing waves are a consequence of a VSWR greater than 1:1 on a transmission line. Did you really write that? The standing waves are a consequence of a standing wave ratio of greater than 1:1? As VSWR is a consequence of an impedance mismatch, yes. You keep ignoring or failing to understand that part. No matter what you call it, a value of greater than 1:1 indicates an IMPEDANCE mismatch. If the equations that describe VSWR were discovered by Dr. Snagpuss and the effect were named after him, then the statement would be that a Snagpuss greater than 1:1 causes standing waves on a transmission line. An IMPEDANCE mismatch on a TRANSMISSION LINE results in standing waves. It is irrelevant what you call the value, only the value itself is of any importance. -- Jim Pennino |
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writes Jeff wrote: On 09/07/2015 18:35, wrote: Jeff wrote: Can you measure VSWR on a 1 meter long Lecher line at 1 MHz? VSWR is not meaningful in such a situation, however, you can measure return loss and Reflection Coefficient etc.. Of course that in not to say that VSWR is not used in situations where it is not appropriate in order to indicate how good a match is, when RL or Reflection Coefficient would be more appropriate. Jeff Jeff Are you trying to say that VSWR is not meaningfull at 160M (to put it in an Amateur context)? For those that don't know, a Lecher wire is just a carefully contructed, rigid parallel transmission line upon which one would slide a high impedance sensor to find voltage minimum, maximum, and where they occured. That and a Smith chart were used to solve transmission line and impedance matching problems and were often home built by Amateurs in the early VHF days. Today you would use a VNA (Vector Network Analyzer). Unless you have a very long feeder at 160m you cannot have a complete voltage maxima and minima from the standing wave on the line so VSWR is meaningless. That is not to say that you cannot calculate an 'effective' VSWR from other quantities such as return loss, S11, by measuring the forward and reflected signals as you would with a Network Analyser or SWR bridge. Jeff Nope, VSWR is always meaningful and you have the cart before the horse. VSWR is a consequence of an impedance match and standing waves are a consequence of a VSWR greater than 1:1 on a transmission line. Attach a SWR meter directly to the output of YOUR transmitter and a 1 Ohm resistor directly to the other end of the SWR meter. The meter reading will be the same as the calculated value, there will be no standing waves as there is no transmission line, but the results WILL be meaninful to your transmitter. Even when the only transmission line consists the output connector of the SWR meter, and maybe an inch of internal coax, there will still BE a standing wave - but it will only be a tiny portion of longer one. However, surely an SWR meter is really measuring the ratio of the go and return signals - ie the RLR? If so, would it not end all this essentially esoteric argument if we called it an RLR meter? -- Ian |
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Ian Jackson wrote:
In message , writes Jeff wrote: On 09/07/2015 18:35, wrote: Jeff wrote: Can you measure VSWR on a 1 meter long Lecher line at 1 MHz? VSWR is not meaningful in such a situation, however, you can measure return loss and Reflection Coefficient etc.. Of course that in not to say that VSWR is not used in situations where it is not appropriate in order to indicate how good a match is, when RL or Reflection Coefficient would be more appropriate. Jeff Jeff Are you trying to say that VSWR is not meaningfull at 160M (to put it in an Amateur context)? For those that don't know, a Lecher wire is just a carefully contructed, rigid parallel transmission line upon which one would slide a high impedance sensor to find voltage minimum, maximum, and where they occured. That and a Smith chart were used to solve transmission line and impedance matching problems and were often home built by Amateurs in the early VHF days. Today you would use a VNA (Vector Network Analyzer). Unless you have a very long feeder at 160m you cannot have a complete voltage maxima and minima from the standing wave on the line so VSWR is meaningless. That is not to say that you cannot calculate an 'effective' VSWR from other quantities such as return loss, S11, by measuring the forward and reflected signals as you would with a Network Analyser or SWR bridge. Jeff Nope, VSWR is always meaningful and you have the cart before the horse. VSWR is a consequence of an impedance match and standing waves are a consequence of a VSWR greater than 1:1 on a transmission line. Attach a SWR meter directly to the output of YOUR transmitter and a 1 Ohm resistor directly to the other end of the SWR meter. The meter reading will be the same as the calculated value, there will be no standing waves as there is no transmission line, but the results WILL be meaninful to your transmitter. Even when the only transmission line consists the output connector of the SWR meter, and maybe an inch of internal coax, there will still BE a standing wave - but it will only be a tiny portion of longer one. There will NOT be standing waves and there will not be a voltage maximum and a voltage minimum unless there is a transmission line. However, that is irrelevant to the point. From the transmitter point of view, there is no difference between a directly connected 1 Ohm resistor and a 1 Ohm resistor at the end of a lossless 1 Ohm transmission line 1,000,000 meters long. However, surely an SWR meter is really measuring the ratio of the go and return signals - ie the RLR? If so, would it not end all this essentially esoteric argument if we called it an RLR meter? The SWR meter will read the IMPEDANCE MISMATCH. Here's a hot flash; people in the engineering world have been using the consept and equations of VSWR for many decades for many things that do NOT include transmission lines with no problems whatsoever. It seems only some Amateur radio operators are hung up on terminology like "standing waves". -- Jim Pennino |
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An antenna question--43 ft vertical
On 7/10/2015 2:34 PM, wrote:
rickman wrote: On 7/10/2015 1:39 PM, wrote: standing waves are a consequence of a VSWR greater than 1:1 on a transmission line. Did you really write that? The standing waves are a consequence of a standing wave ratio of greater than 1:1? An IMPEDANCE mismatch on a TRANSMISSION LINE results in standing waves. First you say the standing waves are a result of the SWR being greater than 1:1, now you say it is a result of the impedance mismatch. I'm *so* confused.... I'm getting the impression you are being water boarded and will say anything you think will make it end! Give us a location and we will save you! -- Rick |
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