[Elecraft] 75ohm Impedance question K3S and Antenna side.

[Victor Rosenthal 4X6GP]

I don't think you need a unun because the additional loss due to SWR 
running RG/6 at 2:1 is only 0.381 dB, and the unun itself would 
certainly have some loss.
But the loss in 200' of RG/6 even at 1:1 is about 2.9 dB! That is almost 
half your power. RG/8 would have only 1.9 dB loss, and with a probable 
SWR of about 1.5:1 you would have a total loss of 2.2 dB.
Even better would be Belden 9913 or similar coax, which would give you a 
total loss of 1.6 dB.
All these facts and more are available at
<https://www.qsl.net/co8tw/Coax_Calculator.htm>

73,
Victor, 4X6GP
Rehovot, Israel
Formerly K2VCO
CWops no. 5
http://www.qsl.net/k2vco/
On 31/03/2020 19:39, AE4PB at carolinaheli.com wrote:
> I'm about to pull the trigger on a Hustler 6BTV (6-Band, 80, 40, 30, 20, 15,
> 10 meters). It will be temporarily installed (with radials) about 200' away
> from my house. I'd like to run CATV "hardline" but I'm not sure how to get a
> 2:1 UnUn with a wide enough bandwidth on the antenna side (the impedance
> with 60ish radials should be in the 35ohm range). In addition I believe I
> will be ok on the RIG side to just connect RG6 (75ohm) to the hardline and
> direct to the rig since my K3S can match the impedance. Is this essentially
> correct and is there a better way to do this? I'm trying to minimize losses
> for the distance run and still have a decent transmitted signal.
> Thanks in advance.
> Yeah, I should know this stuff but I can't know everything 100%.
> 
> 73 es
> De AE4PB
> ..
>   
> 
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