[Antennas] 80m 1/4 wave and low impedance

Ron Youvan ka4inm at tampabay.rr.com
Sun Nov 26 20:03:22 EST 2006


>   The handbook says to use 75 ohm feed from antenna a
>   1/4 wave length of RG-8 then to 75 ohm to rig. 


>   Is there a magic matching transformer, well beside
>   the tuner?  I figure if I'm using
>   a tuner it's not a good antenna. Or is there a
>   better easier way to match it for CW portion again?
>   How is everyone else dealing with 1/4 wave
>   verticals/ radials  and this?

   I would try it with a length of RG-8/U and see if it works good.
-- 
    Ron  KA4INM


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