[Antennas] 80m dipole center connectors?

Thu, 06 Feb 2003 10:56:12 +0000

I was always taught that the "natural" impedance of a free space dipole was 
75 ohms. What gives here? Isn't impedance matching btween feedline and 
antenna important?

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>From: Les Severson <[email protected]>
>To: "Paul B. Peters, VE7AVV" <[email protected]>,[email protected]
>Subject: Re: [Antennas] 80m dipole center connectors?
>Date: Wed, 05 Feb 2003 14:21:30 -0600
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>Hi Paul,
>I would seriously consider #14 450 ohm ladder line.  Not only for the 
>weight issue but for minimizing the loss for such a long run.
>Balanced feed works great !
>Good luck & 73,  Les,  W�OJH
>
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>Paul B. Peters, VE7AVV wrote:
>>I'm in the process of building 2 new 80m dipoles. At a height of 110' and
>>125' respectively, they are at right angles to each other. Given I'm 
>>feeding
>>these with RG213, I wonder what suggestions I might gather from the group
>>about the choice of center connector. I have some older (but brand new)
>>Budwig units and a couple of 1:1 baluns. In each case, my concern is the
>>weight of 110' of coax hanging on the connector. Your thoughts would be
>>appreciated.
>>
>>73 de Paul, VE7AVV
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