Ken's statement that " a non-resonant antenna can have a 1:1 SWR" is patently false with the sole exception of a dummy load used as an antenna.
73 Frank W3LPL ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ken WA8JXM" <[email protected]> To: "Andy Durbin" <[email protected]> Cc: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, July 15, 2020 7:30:58 PM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Matching resonant antennas Yes, a resonant half wave dipole can have a feedpoint impedance of 5 ohms to 90 ohms (SWR 10:1 to 1.8:1), but it's still resonant. Conversely, a non-resonant antenna can have a 1:1 SWR. Ken WA8JXM On Wed, Jul 15, 2020 at 12:34 PM Andy Durbin <[email protected]> wrote: > "A correspondent asked me why I needed to tune a resonant antenna." > > Perhaps the question should have been "why may you need to match the > impedance of a resonant antenna". The answer may be that not all resonant > antennas are 50 ohm. Resonance only means that inductive and capacitive > reactance are equal magnitude. Resonance says nothing about the value of R. > > Andy, k3wyc > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to [email protected] > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [email protected] ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [email protected]
