"transform" does not automatically equate to loss.
"he didn't have a problem but the load was not perfect". the load was near perfect at R=53/X=1. this was not evident nor could it be until the tuned 1/2 wave line replaced the 6' piece of feedline.
"was there a quote there you were trying to reference?" i have quoted it twice in previous posts. here it is one more time. "the input impedance of the line depends on the line length and the operating frequency" whenever the load (amplifier or antenna input) is anything but 1:1." i do not have any other editions but the chapter numbers may change slightly from one edition to the next. the title of the chapter would be: Coupling the Line to the Antenna.
"Your posts tend to way heavy on the technical aspect of antennas." others posts are heavy on math, algebra, calculus and logarithms and no one has a porblem with any of that. "You throw complicated formulas and technical terms that most out here don't understand or even have a desire to understand." what about the ones who do want to learn and understand it? am i under a mistaken impression or is this a "technically oriented" forum?
"but its appears to be more about you showing your intelligence rather than you educating those asking the questions at a level they can understand." you don't get answers to questions like the ones DXMan asked without making them "reach up" instead of "talking down" to them, unless of course anecdotes about wood, clamps, braces, casts, welding, glue, automobiles and other nonsense is someones idea of relating that which is technical in laymans terms to someone else who wants to understand but is not familiar with the "language" of the field. furthermore i refuse to believe that there aren't any here who would like to inderstand the deeper workings who don't mind a little math and are willing to take the time to familiarize themselves with the terminology involved.
this would be like any one of us in here going off when someone posts complicated formulas as answers to questions posed by others here. it's ridiculous. it's there for those who wish to read it and no one is forcing anyone who doesn't want to. get over it.
"If they don't get it, you are wasting everyone's time." you let me worry about it. it's my time and i'll do with it as i please. i know for a fact that "everyone" doesn't apply here.
"If they want to learn more, point them to a website or suggest a good book ("Reflections" by Walter Maxwell). I see time and again where someone asks a question and then disappears when it has clearly gone into way more detail."
you know i was born in the early afternoon but not yesterday afternoon. all forums have large numbers of one shot wonders who come in and ask their questions, get some answers and then they are gone. i've seen this trend in forums for years. furthermore, if someone can't follow what is going on in here they certainly aren't going to be pouring over maxwell and getting anything more out of it.
"With all that being said, your post to DXman explaining what was happening in his set up with the different coax lengths was educational." thanks.
"He may or may not have understood it, but I enjoyed reading it." i believe he understands the basics and should he choose to invest some time and lab effort he could learn much more.
"I didn't proof your math and am basically taking your word for it, but I see no reason not to believe what you wrote." everytime i see someone post applicable math formulas i work them all whether i am familiar with them or not. anyone interested in this field cannot get enough math instruction.
."What if we used a 1/20th length of coax?" i'm going to let you all think about that for a bit while i attend to some other pressing matters. i'll be glad to go into it further at that time. although if you give it some thought you should be able to figure that out for yourself. it's another component of the oppositions proposition that i have conceded and with good reason too. think of it in terms of just exactly how much change in phase angle could possibly occur in a twentieth of a wavelength. see what you or anyone else can come up with.
