[R-390] Slightly OT

[Al Parker]

It is done often, negligible compromise to an "exact" match.  Bear in 
mind that the impedance of both the antenna and the rcvr input will vary 
with freq., so whatever an "exact" match might be is a "crap shoot".
73,

Al, W8UT
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On 2/5/2013 1:52 PM, Robert Newberry wrote:
> This is somewhat topical to impedance matching on a receiver antenna input.
> I have a hallifcrafters receiver with a 300 ohm antenna input. I know that
> you get maximum energy transfer when your load matches.
>
> I have a 50 ohm antenna and I was looking at a 6:1 balun, but I wonder if I
> used a tv balun which is 300 to 75 ohms.
>
> Does anyone know how much of a compromise this is?
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