[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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