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Simple Ham Radio Antennas--Impedance Matching 101. Post #940.

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If you're unable to view this video, please insert this title link into your browser search box: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLUrwoHRLJM.  Thanks to Ray Waldemar for capturing this presentation by H.Ward Silver (N0AX) at Pacificon 2012. This discussion by Mr. Silver is a great introduction to the methodology and techniques to achieve optimum energy transfer between an electric circuit source and the load.  Knowing these fundamentals allows us to get maximum performance from our antennas.  Mr. Silver writes for ARRL's "QST" magazine. -------------------------------------------- For the latest amateur radio news and information, please visit my two news sites: http://www.kh6jrm.info (breaking news of interest to the amateur radio community). https://bigislandarrlnews.wordpress.com (ARRL news and information for Hawaii Island radio amateurs). Opinions expressed in this blog are mine unless otherwise stated. Be sure to check out the blog sidebars for more a