For those who might be a little mystified by this discussion of feedlines and antennas, I can recommend the series of articles titled "Another Look at Reflections" by M. Walter Maxwell (W2DU/W8HKK) published in QST between 1973 and 1976. The whole series is available as a single PDF file at http://www.arrl.org/members-only/tis/info/pdf/Reflect.pdf (for ARRL members only, sorry.) It's a very thorough treatment of the subject of transmission lines and impedance matching. Easy reading in some places and a bit tougher in others, it's well worth close and careful study if you want to understand transmission lines and matching.
73 -- Joe KB8AP On Jul 15, 2009, at 4:34 PM, Don Wilhelm wrote: ... > The feedline is a part of the antenna system, and when not matched to > the antenna feedpoint impedance, it will act as an impedance > transformer. > Your particular antenna and feedline may work just fine, but the same > antenna with a different feedline length may not work out well. ... ______________________________________________________________ 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
