[Elecraft] Poor Man's Spectrum Analyzer
Matt Osborn
kc0ukk at msosborn.com
Sun Oct 9 22:42:52 EDT 2005
The Poor Man's Spectrum Analyzer I'm building uses a varacter driven
cable tuner as its front end. The cable tuner has an input impedance
of 75 ohms. Most instruments have 50 ohm input impedance and my usage
will be primarily with 50 ohm devices.
Maybe it isn't worth worrying about, but I'm looking for a convenient
way to convert from 75 ohm to 50 ohm input impedance. I've seen some
writeups on building a 50 ohm to 75 ohm broadband unun, but the
articles were incomplete (or my knowledge level is too low to
recognize a complete article). The analyzer covers 5MHzto 500MHz.
Does anybody have any advice? Leave it alone, build an unun, buy an
unun, any other options?
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