[Boatanchors] Good (And Bad) Lengths For End-Fed And Dipole Antennas

Rob Atkinson ranchorobbo at gmail.com
Tue Nov 24 15:11:47 EST 2020


On Tue, Nov 24, 2020 at 6:47 AM Paul Christensen <w9ac at arrl.net> wrote:
>
> Rather than rely on generalizations, I force myself to model the antenna
> feed-point Z on multiple bands using 4Nec2 software.  Then, using
> transmission line tools in 4Nec2, SimSmith, ARRL's TLW, or TLDetails, we can
> vary both the transmission line type and modeled length to get an idea as to
> system loss and the complex Z presented at the end of a line.
>

Also a great way to go about homebrewing a matching network.

73
Rob
K5UJ


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