Re: New program. Dipole+Line+Balun+Tuner



Hi Reg,

Thank you for making yet another of your projects available
to the group!

But I am curious: What program inputs are required to
calculate losses for tuners and baluns? Schematics? ;-)
Coil Q? Wire type and gauge? Loss factors for ferrites?
And how would one KNOW these parameters for real-world
examples, say a Palstar AT-1500DT versus an Ameritron
ATR-30?

Ed

"Reg Edwards" <g4fgq.regp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:SKednQ6g3qpAfeHZRVnytQ@xxxxxxxxx
New Program : LINELEN.exe

This program calculates dipole feedpoint impedance, transmission line
input impedance, and balun input impedance, versus frequency.

Dipole and line can be of any length. Line Zo can be of any
impedance.

Power lost in antenna and line is calculated. Also overall loss.

In addition to its educational value, this program will assist users
to change line length when the impedance presented to the tuner is
beyond its capability to transform it to a resistive 50 ohms.

Download self-contained program LINELEN, file size = 53 K-bytes, from
website below.
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Regards from Reg, G4FGQ
For Free Radio Design Software go to
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