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ANTENNAS AND TRANSMISSION LINES · Impedance matching: matching antennas to feed lines; phasing lines; power dividers

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Which of the following is used to shunt feed a grounded tower at its base?

  1. ADouble-bazooka match
  2. BBeta or hairpin match
  3. CGamma match
  4. DAll these choices are correct
Why A gamma match taps the driven element (or tower) at a point some distance up from ground, running a parallel conductor from the feed point back down to the coax center conductor while the shield bonds to the grounded base. The tap height sets the resistive part of the impedance and a series capacitor in the gamma rod cancels the leftover inductive reactance, so a grounded tower used as a vertical radiator can be matched to 50 ohm coax without breaking the DC ground.
Watch out The beta or hairpin match is a shunt inductor used across a balanced driven element whose feedpoint is capacitive, typically on a Yagi, and it requires a split (not grounded) element. The double-bazooka is a broadbanding coaxial sleeve dipole design, not a tower feed method.
Grounded tower, shunt fed = Gamma. Gamma has one arm, like the Greek letter, tapping the tower above the base.
HamSandwich explanation, first draft. The question and answers are the NCVEC text.
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  1. E9E01 Which matching system for Yagi antennas requires the driven element to be insulated from the boom?
  2. E9E02 What antenna matching system matches coaxial cable to an antenna by connecting the shield to the center of th…
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  5. E9E05 What Yagi driven element feed point impedance is required to use a beta or hairpin matching system?
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  9. E9E09 Which of the following is used to shunt feed a grounded tower at its base?
  10. E9E11 What is the purpose of using multiple driven elements connected through phasing lines?
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