[ARC5] Ant. Tuning Series Caps - Trials and Surprises

[Dennis DuVall]

As I’ve mentioned before, connecting the series cap from the antenna post to ground forms an “L” network that works FB for loading into an end-fed half wave wire antenna.
Voltage rating of the cap more of a consideration here than in the series connection but have found the gray, cylindrical Russian caps to work FB in this configuration as well.

Dennis DuVall, W7QHO
Glendale,CA




> On Aug 6, 2017, at 11:31 AM, David Stinson <arc5 at ix.netcom.com> wrote:
> 
> As most of you know, I put a fixed capacitor between the ANT post
> and the center-conductor of the coax leading to a 50-Ohm load
> when matching WWII Aircraft rigs to “ham” antennas.
> I’ve recommended Hi-Voltage caps and, I confess, have done
> so because it seemed intuitively “right” to do so.
> I always meant to do some tests.  Finally did, and I’m 
> very surprised at the results.
>  

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