Kewl, Need to read up on dipole basics.
Alan -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Geoff/W5OMR Sent: April-05-07 3:53 PM To: Discussion of AM Radio in the Amateur Service Subject: Re: [AMRadio] 50 ohms simple question Alan Beck wrote: > Basic question > > > > Why is it that my radios are 50 ohms and the impedance at the feed point at > the antenna (pure dipole) is 70 ohms. > > > > Am I mistooken No, yer not mistaken.... but, if you want to lower the input impedance to your dipole, bring the legs down to around 40 degrees, and you'll drop the input impedance to the antenna down around 20 ohms. -- 73 ______________________________________________________________ AMRadio mailing list List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Partner Website: http://www.amfone.net Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:[email protected] To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body. ______________________________________________________________ AMRadio mailing list List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Partner Website: http://www.amfone.net Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:[email protected] To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body.
