The obvious issue is not what the radio sees... It's what can happen on the other side of the transform. Voltages and currents that no one seems to care about as long as their radio sees 50 ohms.
Dr. William J. Schmidt - K9HZ J68HZ 8P6HK ZF2HZ PJ4/K9HZ VP5/K9HZ PJ2/K9HZ -----Original Message----- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Andy Durbin Sent: Wednesday, July 15, 2020 11:33 AM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Elecraft] Matching resonant antennas "A correspondent asked me why I needed to tune a resonant antenna." Perhaps the question should have been "why may you need to match the impedance of a resonant antenna". The answer may be that not all resonant antennas are 50 ohm. Resonance only means that inductive and capacitive reactance are equal magnitude. Resonance says nothing about the value of R. Andy, k3wyc ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to b...@wjschmidt.com -- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. https://www.avg.com ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
