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#112: Use an Oscilloscope and Signal Generator help tune an HF Antenna, measure complex impedance

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This is a two part video: Part 1 shows one way to use a scope, signal generator, and a simple circuit to help you visually tune an HF antenna with an antenna tuner (or via antenna adjustments). Part 2 shows how you can estimate the complex impedance of the antenna system (antenna and feedline) using the same setup. This method should work reasonably well for HF frequencies with a carefully built fixture and setup. Parasitics and other sources of uncertainty will likely start to become significant at frequencies above 30MHz or so. Part 1 runs for the first 9 minutes, and part 2 picks up at the 9:00 mark. Cool! This video got posted to Hack-A-Day! http://hackaday.com/2013/09/20/visual... Notes from this video can be found here: http://www.qsl.net/w/w2aew//youtube/U... ...more
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#112: Use an Oscilloscope and Signal Generator help tune an HF Antenna, measure complex impedance
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2013Sep 19
This is a two part video: Part 1 shows one way to use a scope, signal generator, and a simple circuit to help you visually tune an HF antenna with an antenna tuner (or via antenna adjustments). Part 2 shows how you can estimate the complex impedance of the antenna system (antenna and feedline) using the same setup. This method should work reasonably well for HF frequencies with a carefully built fixture and setup. Parasitics and other sources of uncertainty will likely start to become significant at frequencies above 30MHz or so. Part 1 runs for the first 9 minutes, and part 2 picks up at the 9:00 mark. Cool! This video got posted to Hack-A-Day! http://hackaday.com/2013/09/20/visual... Notes from this video can be found here: http://www.qsl.net/w/w2aew//youtube/U...

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w2aew

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