[SixClub] Verticals

Gabriel Sierra [email protected]
Wed, 10 Mar 2004 06:18:21 -0800 (PST)


Right on!,

50 ohms/36 ohms=1.388 SWR

When you get this value on a ground plane, it is just
fine!

The same applies to the dipole, in that case, the
spected SWR is around 1.46:1 (Assuming 73 ohm
impedance)

--- Christopher Boone <[email protected]> wrote:

> resonant freq...the 
> match for a 1/4wave is 1.2 or so to 1 (a 1/4wave
> vertical is 36 ohms..if 
> you cut the element for min SWR, you are NOT
> 1/4wavelength long and your 
> take off angle of radiation may be WORSE....don't
> worry about a little 
> SWR...and it aint the true indicator of antenna
> resonance)


=====
Gabriel Sierra
Moondancer Recording Studios
[email protected]
http://www.moondancer.freeservers.com

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