Posted by
Darrell Bellerive on
Aug 09, 2005; 3:27am
URL: http://elecraft.85.s1.nabble.com/Re-Elecrafts-T-1-tp381070p381084.html
On August 8, 2005 07:03 pm, W3FPR - Don Wilhelm wrote:
> If your antenna is end fed (like the example of an end fed dipole), the
> impdance at the antenna feedpoint will be high, but if the feedline is an
> odd multiple of a 1/4 wave (elecrtical), the impedance presented to the
> shack loaction should be low. At other lengths, the impedance at the input
> to the feedline will be high or low or something in between and will depend
> on the length of the feedline. Whether it is better to use a 1:1 balun or
> a 4:1 balun depends on the answer to these questions.
So lets take a worst case example of a 160 meter half wave antenna, and use it
on all bands 160 through 10 meters including the WARC bands to align with the
capabilities of the K2/100.
As the electrical length of the antenna and feedline will vary with frequency,
different bands will have very different characteristics. I suspect that on
some bands this antenna system including the BL1 balun will be very efficient
and will be able to be matched by the KAT100, however I also expect that on
other bands it will be problematic. I would worry that a BL1 balun would
become quite inefficient at some frequencies. Do I understand this correctly?
--
Darrell Bellerive
Amateur Radio Stations VA7TO and VE7CLA
Grand Forks, British Columbia, Canada
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