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![]() "engsol" wrote in message ... On Fri, 28 May 2004 18:58:25 -0400, "Jack Painter" wrote: good stuff by Meindert snipped Jack, I too wonder about the matching of (short) backstay HF antennas. The thing that occurs to me is that trying to match the ATU to the antenna isn't really the goal. The ATU *IS* the matching network. By feeding the backstay with a coax, the excess capacitance (due to the coax) is just another reactance the ATU must try to "tune out". Using coax is equivalent to conncting shunt capacitors from there to ground. My opinion is that the lead, whatever it is, between the ATU and the *real* antenna, becomes part of the antenna. To me it makes sense to use something like GTO-15 between the ATU and backstay. We also must remember that matching the ATU to the backstay is only part of the job. The ATU must present a proper impedance to the transceiver. If the antenna is a horrible match, and the ATU runs out of "range", then the impedance presented to the transceiver must suffer also. Be nice to put a network analyzer on a backstay and see what it really looks like, eh? Be an opportunity to experiment with different grounding schemes also. I'm convinced that salt water is the best possible ground....coupling/connecting to it is the challange. My 2-bits worth... Norm B Hi Norm, I'm still learning to use EZNEC http://www.eznec.com/ modelling software, but I will ask a friend who works with it often to run some typical backstay offerings and see how it portrays various configurations. Best, Jack Painter Virginia Beach, Va |
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