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I’m thinking about trying to adjust the length of the antenna element using rg8x vs 58 since I’ve got a bunch of 8x. I’ll start with 144mhz. Should just need to make it 14% longer than the usual.

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Oh thinking about it, how much difference would 25 ohms make in the grand scheme? Without knowing the resistance of the feed point you wouldn’t know what the impedance would be by mixing 50&75 ohm feeder and element. We need someone to model it

[QUOTE="nfsus, post: 846102, member: 19649"] I’m thinking about trying to adjust the length of the antenna element using rg8x vs 58 since I’ve got a bunch of 8x. I’ll start with 144mhz. Should just need to make it 14% longer than the usual. Edit Oh thinking about it, how much difference would 25 ohms make in the grand scheme? Without knowing the resistance of the feed point you wouldn’t know what the impedance would be by mixing 50&75 ohm feeder and element. We need someone to model it [/QUOTE]

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