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Richard Knoppow wrote:
Surprizingly, RCA conectors are pretty good at RF, in fact, that is what they were originally designed for, they just are not mechanically strong. RCA connectors were designed to be cheap. Yes, they were intended for internal connections (both RF and audio) in radio/phonograph consoles in the thirties, but that's not to say they are constant impedance in any way. If you see an RCA connector on an antenna input, you can _probably_ assume it wants to see a high-impedance longwire antenna. You may get better results from a 50 ohm source with some matching. Then again, maybe not. --scott -- "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis." |
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