[ARC5] Best coupling method.
Kenneth G. Gordon
kgordon2006 at verizon.net
Mon Dec 15 15:01:22 EST 2008
My personal opinion on the BEST method of coupling the
ARC-5 to a "real" antenna is Mike Hanz' Un-Un.
Simple, direct, insignificant power loss, easy to do, no
external or internal changes to the rig, enables the use of a
standard 50 ohm coax, SWR meter, and antenna coupler
between it and the antenna.
Since the ARC-5s can match impedances of antennas of
somewhere between 5 and 12 ohms, winding a 1:10 Un-Un
is trivial, and would result in adjusting the ARC-5's antenna-
matching controls just as if it were connected to an aircraft
antenna.
Nice.
Ken Gordon W7EKB
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