[Elecraft] wire for random wire antenna using kx3

W2xj w2xj at w2xj.net
Mon Dec 17 23:52:35 EST 2018


The transmitter and feedline is all that matters. Of coarse, in broadcast only a single frequency needs to be matched. 

There are remotely controlled outdoor tuners for ham bands that perform the same or better than the typical indoor units. 

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> On Dec 17, 2018, at 20:39, Don Wilhelm <donwilh at embarqmail.com> wrote:
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> To my mind, a matching network at the antenna feedpoint can make an antenna a resonant antenna as far as the feedline and transmitter are concerned.
> But it is often a single band affair as is resonant dipoles.
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> 73,
> Don W3FPR
> 
>> On 12/17/2018 10:45 PM, W2xj wrote:
>> Coming from the broadcast side, especially AM broadcasting, I never considered resonance particularly important. Really it’s just the transmitter that cares. We always put matching at the antenna but in ham radio we usually have tuners at or in the TX.
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