Stub Matching for a 10m band dipole

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Dipole10mSmith2

Now let’s try stub matching. The length of 75 ohm coax cables required is 531.4mm for d1 and 1182.4mm (with open end) for d2.

Dipole10mStumMatchDummyLoad

This is to calibrate the measurement system using a dummy load.

Dipole10mStubMatch

This is my antenna with stub matching. Looks nice. Almost as good as a dummy load.

gnuplot> load "gnuplot1.txt"
Freq [MHz]=28.001
V1=2.122
V2=2.362
Cursor 1=0.0
Cursor 2=0.0

vratio=1.11310084825636
phase1 [deg]=0.0
phase2 [deg]=0.0

abs(gamma)=0.113100848256362
swr=1.25504782146653
cz=62.7523910733263

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Dipole10mSWR3

Without stub matching, the VSWR was 2.61, so there is definitely much improvement.