[Info-vax] booting vaxstation off alpha

[Bill Gunshannon]

In article <2OOdnQmjiq8i94fMnZ2dnUVZ_rqdnZ2d at giganews.com>,
	drb at ihatespam.msu.edu (Dennis Boone) writes:
> > I wasn't aware it was 50 ohm.  I thought more like 72 ohm.  Wish I had
> > known that before I gave all mine away.
> 
> The SWR bump from 7x ohm cable is small enough, a lot of guys use
> good stuff that shows up free (e.g. cable tv hardline), and just
> don't worry about the mismatch.
 
Guess I did way too much real radio for a living (yes, I did have a
life before computers).  And, antennas were one of my specialties so
I did a lot with feedlines as well.  I have done things where you
have to not only worry about impedence and loss, but even velocity
factor.  And we didn't have computers to do all the math for us.  :-)

bill

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