[Elecraft] SGC-239 vs KAT2

Mon Mar 4 16:46:01 2002

On Mon, 4 Mar 2002, Julian, G4ILO wrote:

> My antenna is approx. 80ft of wire looped around my loft. It is fed in the
> 
> I'm wondering if it would be possible to feed this loop successfully using
> co-ax and doing the tuning at the K2 end using the KAT2 which is redundant
> in the current configuration. Is there a way to reduce feeder losses to an
> acceptable minimum? Would putting a 4:1 or a 6:1 balun at the antenna feed

     You might consider feeding the antenna w/ a separate coax cable for
each end of the loop.  If you aren't tuning at the antenna, you are going
to be taking an impedance mismatch with whatever you try to feed it with.

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Jessie Oberreuter
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