[Antennas] coax 'sweet length'

Dan Richardson k6mhe at arrl.net
Mon Oct 11 11:12:59 EDT 2004


Bob,

My final comment on this - at this time. I too had thought they were 
exactly the same until Roy Lewallen corrected me on that  some time ago.

Very 73
Danny




At 07:48 AM 10/11/2004, you wrote:
>Dear Danny,
>
>Then I have to consider the possibility that the TLW program is in error.
>
>There are several programs at my Web site that give results to the contrary.
>
>However, put all the programs aside and just look at your Smith Chart. No
>matter what point you put your finger on, if you then move around the chart
>180 electrical degrees (that's moving all the way around to where you
>started), then you have EXACTLY the same impedance you started with.
>
>Bob Lay (W9DMK), Dahlgren, VA
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