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John Smith wrote:
"In other words, what set of formulas would give you length, conductor spacing, gamma capacitor value----?" It looks experimental to me. My ARRL Handbook says that the T match has an advantage in that a pair of transmission line attachment points equidistant from the center of a resonant wire has a resistance between them. Therefore it is possible to choose points which match the line Zo. Problem is the physical distance between the attachment points probably does not match the line spacing. The handbook suggests a T match made like a folded dipole with single-wire extensions at its ends. This looks as if it would require experimentation.. It seems suited for parallel-wire lines. The gamma match seems to be similar but an ubbalanced scheme where the grounded line conductor is attached to the center of the radiator and the ungrounded conductor is connected to the wire at a distance from the center of the radiator which results in a low SWR on the transmission line. A variation treats the gamma match as if it were a shunt tower feed arangement. The gamma match becomes a feed loop containing a ground path. The feed loop is sized to that required for a resistive component which matches the Zo of the transmission line. The loop inductively couples the antenna with the transmission line. The loop`s reactance is always inductive and can be tuned out with a series connected variable capacitor. It seems a good cut-and-try project to me. Maybe perfect for Art Unwin. Best regards, Richard Harrison, KB5WZI |
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