Re: Topband: 50 ohm direct burial coax cable‏

2014-06-14 Thread Donald Chester
From: n...@cox.net Please explain virtual SWR. I never heard that in any college classroom I have been in. Hardy N7RT That's a phrase I coined in response to the situation Tom described; maybe another term would be used in the textbooks.  A quarter wavelength 75 ohm  coax working into

Re: Topband: 50 ohm direct burial coax cable‏

2014-06-14 Thread Paul Christensen
A quarter wavelength 75 ohm coax working into a 50 ohm load, transforms the 50 ohm load to 112.5 ohms, non-reactive, as it appears at the end of the coax next to the transmitter, as previously discussed. Good so far. If we place a 50-ohm SWR meter at the near end of the coax, between it and

Re: Topband: 50 ohm direct burial coax cable‏

2014-06-14 Thread Hardy Landskov
is fine. It was not clear until I drew it on the Smith Chart. This Delta Loop has sure worked for me !! 73 Hardy N7RT - Original Message - From: Donald Chester k4...@hotmail.com To: topband@contesting.com Sent: Saturday, June 14, 2014 8:19 AM Subject: Re: Topband: 50 ohm direct burial