T&T: VHF and antenna

Ed Bruette edn7nvp at msn.com
Wed May 6 14:03:00 EDT 2009


I believe marine antennas and the coax used to feed them are usually 50 ohm
impedance.  The radio expects to see a 50 ohm load. 


Ed, N7NVP
PT-38  "Makin' Do"
Poulsbo, WA
 

-----Original Message-----

A PL-259 connector is an 8 ohm connector. It will only present an impedance
mismatch if the coaxial cable it is used with is not 8 ohm impedance cable.

David Sorenson
Duluth, MN


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