[BC] 50 Ohm Load...

Ronald J. Dot'o Sr. ron.doto at comcast.net
Wed Mar 25 17:50:46 CDT 2009


From: <BOYDSIRBOYD at aol.com>

> RON,
>
> don't forget the resistance of the cable/coax going from the 
> transmitter to
> the ATU.
> this could be several ohms, and is not accounted for if you tune at 
> the
> input of the ATU.
>
> bill

Although I've never actually measured the heliax resistance but with a 
minimum reflected reading and only a 15' run from TX out to ATU in I'm 
pretty sure that it's not enough to take into account.  Maybe 1/4 of 
an ohm?  Or would that be 250 milliohms?

Ron D




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