Hi Frank, 

    I don’t know the manf or part number. This is ½ hard cable from the cable 
company that I received as a gift from very fine OM K4MQG, Gary Dixon.

I just guessed at the freq for 10m. I don’t use the band so I just put 
something in. 

The extra digits are a result of the number used as the numerator in the 
calculation and I didn’t want to round it because I’ll convert that to inches 
and add a bit before I actually cut. 

I used 80% for the vf

Thank you Frank !!

 

My antenna purchase (Hustler 6BTV ) is slightly delayed (holding onto cash 
until after the pandemic). 

I can still get the radial and coax work done. 

Jerry – AE4PB

73

.. 

 

From: [email protected] <[email protected]> 
Sent: Friday, April 3, 2020 2:27 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] 75ohm Impedance question K3S and Antenna side.

 

Hi Jerry,

 

What coax do you plan to use (manufacturer and part number)?

 

Did you intentionally use 27 MHz in the last row?

 

Your other calculations look good but you carried them to far too many

significant digits when the Vf of most coax (especially CATV coax)

is only approximate.

 

Cut your coax ten percent too long, leave the end of the coax open circuited.

Your antenna analyzer will then set the length very accurately.

 

73

Frank

W3LPL

 

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From: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> 
To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> 
Sent: Friday, April 3, 2020 12:53:40 PM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] 75ohm Impedance question K3S and Antenna side.

So I found a formula for feedline length and just need some eyes on it to make 
sure I applied it correctly. 
I want to measure twice and  cut once. Then I can use my antenna analyzer with 
a dummy load on the line to trim it. 

The columns are band, freq in Mhz, Multiplier to give multiples of the 1/2 wave 
length.
You have to view the email full screen width or the tables wrap making it hard 
to read. 
It looks like 111.7694545 feet is the calculated half wavelength for 80m 
(3.53Mhz), not sure what will happen on 30m as it's closest length appears to 
occur at 3 wavelengths where the feedline would be about 4.801946936 Feet too 
long. 
Not sure what the SWR related losses will be but it will probably be ok. 

BAND        Freq         1                           2                          
  2.5                    3                              3.5                     
     4                          4.5                   5                         
 5.5                          6                 6             6.5               
     7                                 7.5                8
80        3.52        111.7694545        223.5389091        279.4236364        
335.3083636        391.1930909        447.0778182        502.9625455        
558.8472727        614.732        670.6167273        726.5014545        
782.3861818        838.2709091        894.1556364
40        7.04        55.88472727        111.7694545        139.7118182        
167.6541818        195.5965455        223.5389091        251.4812727        
279.4236364        307.366        335.3083636        363.2507273        
391.1930909        419.1354545        447.0778182
30        10.125        38.85713383        77.71426765        97.14283457       
 116.5714015        135.9999684        155.4285353        174.8571022        
194.2856691        213.714236        233.142803        252.5713699        
271.9999368        291.4285037        310.8570706
20        14.08        27.94236364        55.88472727        69.85590909        
83.82709091        97.79827273        111.7694545        125.7406364        
139.7118182        153.683        167.6541818        181.6253636        
195.5965455        209.5677273        223.5389091
15        21.4        18.38450841        36.76901682        45.96127103        
55.15352523        64.34577944        73.53803364        82.73028785        
91.92254206        101.1147963        110.3070505        119.4993047        
128.6915589        137.8838131        147.0760673
10        27        14.57142519        29.14285037        36.42856296        
43.71427556        50.99998815        58.28570074        65.57141333        
72.85712593        80.14283852        87.42855111        94.7142637        
101.9999763        109.2856889        116.5714015

Formula used: L = (S * W * Vf)/f
                                                                                
                        
S         983.5712                                                              
                                                  
W        0.5                                                                    
                                            
VF        0.8                                                                   
             983.5712                                
L = (S * W * Vf)/f                                                              
                                                          
S speed of light in meters or feet                                              
                                                                          
W number of wavelengths desired                                                 
                                                                       
VF velocity factor                                                              
                                                          

Jerry Moore
Cell: 803-431-1870


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