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Thanks four your answers.
I was forgetting you normally use coax in a unbalanced configuration where the braid is supposed to be at 0 voltage so only currents matter. Would all this still hold if you used the coax as a _balanced_ transmission line? (unusual but -I think- possible). In this case wouldn't voltages develop on the braid that could capacitively couple to other conductors? (assuming perfect solid shield, ...) -- Toni |
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the voltage on the braid is not zero on the inside, it varies along with the
wave traveling along the inside of the coax. and the currents are exactly balanced inside the coax also, they have to be or it wouldn't work. this notion of balanced vs un-balanced transmission lines is totally confusing to most people, in a proper system, say just with a dummy load on a coax the currents on the shield exactly balance the current on center conductor. so why do we go through all this stuff with bal-uns?? and coax chokes?? the currents are already balanced, so WHY?? come on you gurus out there, explain this one! "Toni" wrote in message ... Thanks four your answers. I was forgetting you normally use coax in a unbalanced configuration where the braid is supposed to be at 0 voltage so only currents matter. Would all this still hold if you used the coax as a _balanced_ transmission line? (unusual but -I think- possible). In this case wouldn't voltages develop on the braid that could capacitively couple to other conductors? (assuming perfect solid shield, ...) -- Toni |
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Dave wrote:
so why do we go through all this stuff with bal-uns?? and coax chokes?? the currents are already balanced, so WHY?? come on you gurus out there, explain this one! Water comes out of a hose whether the hose is leaky or not. So why ever bother patching or replacing a leaky hose? -- 73, Cecil http://www.qsl.net/w5dxp |
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Dave wrote:
the voltage on the braid is not zero on the inside, it varies along with the wave traveling along the inside of the coax. and the currents are exactly balanced inside the coax also, they have to be or it wouldn't work. this notion of balanced vs un-balanced transmission lines is totally confusing to most people, in a proper system, say just with a dummy load on a coax the currents on the shield exactly balance the current on center conductor. so why do we go through all this stuff with bal-uns?? and coax chokes?? the currents are already balanced, so WHY?? come on you gurus out there, explain this one! The currents on the inside are always balanced -- they're purely differential mode. The purpose of baluns or common mode chokes is to reduce the common mode current which, on coax, flows entirely on the outside. If you're driving a dummy load from your transmitter, the common mode current will be zero in an ideal system and negligible in a real system. A balun or common mode choke will do nothing in that situation. See http://eznec.com/Amateur/Articles/Baluns.pdf for a more complete explanation. Roy Lewallen, W7EL |
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Toni wrote:
Thanks four your answers. I was forgetting you normally use coax in a unbalanced configuration where the braid is supposed to be at 0 voltage so only currents matter. How do you define "0 voltage"? Do a groups.google.com search of this newsgroup and you'll find quite a bit of discussion about the futility of trying to define a voltage between two distant points in the presence of a field. Would all this still hold if you used the coax as a _balanced_ transmission line? (unusual but -I think- possible). In this case wouldn't voltages develop on the braid that could capacitively couple to other conductors? (assuming perfect solid shield, ...) A coax line is balanced when the common mode current is zero. It's unbalanced when common mode current exists. See http://eznec.com/Amateur/Articles/Baluns.pdf for more information. Voltages don't couple, fields do. There was also some discussion not too long ago on this group about the role of current in generating both electric and magnetic fields. Roy Lewallen, W7EL |
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Well,
It looks like Dave successfully excited some natural frequencies in the group for some weekend entertainment. Congratulations. 73, Glenn AC7ZN |
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Oh, and by the way, natural frequencies cannot exist without forward,
and reflected... :- |
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![]() wrote in message oups.com... Oh, and by the way, natural frequencies cannot exist without forward, and reflected... :- If there is reflector (impedance bump) in their way. If W8JI waves are not reflected or opposed, then they would propagate merrily into the ethernity and become the law of the RF jungle and other pagan believers would worship them and praise the radio guru. Waves have frequencies and sines/cosines, so this is related to antennas, unless, of course there are those who "know better" :-) Jus' stirring the pot... Yuri da BUm |
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