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THE J FACTOR COMPLEX IMPEDANCE ISNT COMPLICATED.  STEVE SANT ANDREA, AG1YK
WELL, THAT NEW ANTENNA ANALYZER YOU WERE GIVEN FOR CHRISTMAS HAS BEEN
WORKING GREAT.  YOU CAN DIAL IN ANY FREQUENCY AND GET YOUR ANTENNAS SWR TO
MORE DECIMAL PLACES THAN YOU WANT TO KNOW.  YOURE HAPPY WITH YOUR MAIN
ANTENNA THE SWR IS MORE THAN MANAGEABLE ON ANY BAND YOU WANT TO OPERATE.
OKAY, YOU THINK.  NOW WHAT?  HMMM, NEXT ON THE LIST WOULD BE THAT 100 FOOT
TOP BAND DIPOLE I PUT UP IN THE FALL SEE FIGURE 1.  I COULD HAVE SWORN I
CALCULATED THE LENGTHS CORRECTLY, BUT IT PROVED IMPOSSIBLE TO TUNE.  LETS
SEE WHAT THE ANALYZER CAN TELL US.  THE STANDING WAVE NO, NOT THE STADIUM
HALFTIME KIND THIS ONE HAS TO DO WITH GETTING POWER TO YOUR ANTENNA.  THE
FIRST REQUIREMENT FOR GETTING THE STRONGEST SIGNAL OUT ON THE BANDS IS TO
GET THE MOST POWER FROM YOUR FINALS TO YOUR ANTENNA.  A BASIC
CHARACTERISTIC OF ALL ELECTRICAL CIRCUITS AND AN ANTENNA SYSTEM IS JUST ONE
FORM OF ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT IS THAT A TRANSMITTER POWER SOURCE TRANSFERS THE
MOST POWER TO AN ANTENNA POWER LOAD WHEN THE SOURCE AND LOAD HAVE THE SAME
IMPEDANCE.  MODERN TRANSMITTERS HAVE 50 OUTPUT IMPEDANCES.  THIS MATCHES
THE 50 IMPEDANCE OF THE COAX, MAKING FOR MAXIMUM POWER TRANSFER ONTO THE
LINE.  THE SAME MATCHING EFFECT IS TRUE WHEN USING THE VARIOUS TYPES OF
LADDER/WINDOW LINE.  THESE BALANCED LINES HAVE IMPEDANCES THAT RANGE FROM
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