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Subj: Re: Open wire feedline
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** FROM : Michael Coslo <mjc5@psu.edu>
Tim Shoppa wrote:
> On Sep 29, 10:07 am, Cecil Moore <nos...@w5dxp.com> wrote:
>> However, 50 feet of ladder-line is ~1/4WL. The low 80m feedpoint
>> impedance tends to be transformed to ~4k ohms. Most built-in
>> autotuners will not handle such impedances.
>
> I personally think it's unlikely that even if someone is trapped by
> the fancy-pants autotuner they bought, that they probably don't need
> an extra fifty feet of line to deal with it. In my experience even ten
> extra feet of line at 80M can noticeably change the matching taps I
> use on my tuner if you're working in the 1/4 WL 65 foot feedline
> range. Of course that extra ten feet might make their fancy pants
> autotuner crap out on 20M, etc. and I can see how someone might start
> feeling like the old lady that swallowed the fly. I would rewrite the
> song to "swallowed the autotuner".
Wow, you do not like autotuners, eh?
I use both regular and autotuners, and both work pretty well for me.
Neither wear pants, fancy or otherwise 8^)
- 73 d eMike N3LI -
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