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Anyone recommend a source of 36:50 ohm ununs?
On Tue, 26 Jul 2016 22:06:12 -0500, John S wrote:
On 7/26/2016 8:20 PM, Allodoxaphobia wrote: In rec.radio.amateur.antenna, you wrote: On 7/26/2016 9:13 AM, Allodoxaphobia wrote: On Mon, 25 Jul 2016 15:18:14 -0700, Robert Smits wrote: Hi. Can anyone recommend a source of 36:50 ohm ununs? I'm adding an inverted L for 160 meters and would like to add an unun of 36 ohm to 50 ohms to reduce my SWR. EZNEC shows it would lower it substantially and when you're running barefoot on 160 you need all the help you can get. Just run two sections of 1/4 wavelength 72 ohm coax in parallel as a matching section. KISS. Where does the transformation to 50 ohms occur? If you have a 36 ohm antenna and you build a 36 ohm transmission line with the paralleled 72 ohm lines (doesn't have to be 1/4 wavelength) you still have 36 ohms at the transmitter end to deal with. Ahhh... You are so correct! I read the OP "intently" and then went off half-cocked. Apologies!! So, for a revised "suggestion" I would try parallel sections of 93 ohm coax -- RG-62 -- and see how that plays out. Errr... how does that help? Paralleled 93 ohm coax results in a 46.5 ohm transmission line. It might as well be a single 50 ohm line instead. We only have a "guess" in the OP that the "inverted L for 160 meters" has a feedpoint impedance of 36 ohms -- probably from a book relying on theoretical perfect conditions. This is AMATEUR RADIO! Try it. See it it helps or hurts. Learn something from the experience. Jonesy |
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