Re: [Elecraft] Re: may have it wrong

2005-06-18 Thread N2EY
In a message dated 6/17/05 11:03:26 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Jim N2EY wrote: On 40 meters, the feedpoint impedance will look like a resistance of a few ohms and a reactance of several hundred ohms or more. Will the matching network be able to handle that, and

RE: [Elecraft] Re: may have it wrong

2005-06-17 Thread Ron D'Eau Claire
Wayne N6KR wrote: ...what you described won't work very well, because both wires need to be about 33 feet long at this frequency. By cutting one 33-foot piece of wire in half, you've made a 20-meter antenna :) A modeling program like EZNEC predicts that a 33-foot center

Re: [Elecraft] Re: may have it wrong

2005-06-17 Thread N2EY
In a message dated 6/17/05 2:12:37 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Wayne N6KR wrote: ...what you described won't work very well, because both wires need to be about 33 feet long at this frequency. By cutting one 33-foot piece of wire in half, you've made a 20-meter

RE: [Elecraft] Re: may have it wrong

2005-06-17 Thread Ron D'Eau Claire
Jim N2EY wrote: On 40 meters, the feedpoint impedance will look like a resistance of a few ohms and a reactance of several hundred ohms or more. Will the matching network be able to handle that, and do it without undue loss? The impedance at the center of a 33