Thanks to everyone that replied to my subject email.
All the info helped cleared up some of my confusion.
Paul
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KD8 HWP
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Tuner versus Antenna Analizer ?
I bought a buddipole antenna system and I want to get one of the subject
units but I don't know the difference between them, and what each one does,
and which one will help me with the setup with my K3 and my antenna system ?
When I bought my K3 I also bought
Hi Paul:
I bought a buddipole antenna system and I want to get one of the subject
units but I don't know the difference between them, and what each one
does, and which one will help me with the setup with my K3 and my antenna
system ?
Actually, BOTH devices may help you. But, at this point,
I bought a buddipole antenna system and I want to get one of the subject units
but I don't know the difference between them, and what each one does, and which
one will help me with the setup with my K3 and my antenna system ?
When I bought my K3 I also bought a KAT3 which I believe is an
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Subject: [Elecraft] Antenna Tuner versus Antenna Analizer ?
I bought a buddipole antenna system and I want to get one of the subject
units but I don't know the difference between them, and what each one does,
and which one will help me with the setup with my K3 and my antenna system
Paul,
As an addendum to the excellent summary by Bruce - W8FU, let me add
that the Buddipole antennas are designed to match a 50 ohm coax feeder
pretty well. They are off-center fed to get near to the correct 50
ohm impedance. So if you use the K3 antenna tuner and the Buddipole
you
Paul,
Since you find antennas confusing at this point, you may want to look at
the Antenna article on my website http://w3fpr.qrpradio.com. It tells
about antenna concepts in layman's language as much as possible, and no
math.
Second comment is that you may want a wire antenna instead of
Hi Paul,
Just to expand slightly on this one aspect of your question.
The term balun is a contraction of balanced-unbalanced. It's a
device for connecting a balanced feedline to an unbalanced one.
Most transceivers these days are designed to connect to a 50 ohm coaxial
cable (such as RG-8,
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