[R-390] Matching info wanted
Barry
n4buq at knology.net
Sun Mar 12 15:48:54 EST 2006
My signal generator's output impedence is 10ohms. A few years ago, I seem
to recall a discussion we had about matching "networks" made up a couple
resistors. Knowing the input impedence for the balanced connector is
supposed to be 125 ohms, I'm running with a mismatch. Placing a 115 ohm
resistor in series with the generator lets the radio "see" 125 ohms, but
then the generator is seeing 240 ohms. One can place a parallel resistance
across the generator so that it "sees" closer to 10 ohms, but then that
throws the 125 ohm impedence off.
Is there a way to construct a matching network of sorts using a resistor
network? Obviously with the generator attached to the 125-ohm input,
there's no way to get the geneerator to see 10 ohms exactly, but I'm
thinking there is a network that might provide a fairly decent match.
Would a matching transformer be a better choice? Can one wind a decent
homebrew matching transformer?
Anyone?
Thanks,
Barry - N4BUQ
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