Vaibhav Birit
New Member
HI,
I built a 14Mhz and 4W Transmitter for CW. I connected a dipole antenna which is made of ordinary wire. it is 5 metres on both side. The link between the transmitter & antenna is through a coaxial cable, about 1 metre long.
When i measure the voltage at the point where my Transmitter connects to the coaxial cable, the voltage is found to be greater than 1000v which is the max. range of my multimeter. Actually the voltage Toggles High & Low. On high it reads 1000V . On low it reads some 300V
For measuring voltage, i user a diode capacitor rectifier & connected its output to the multimeter.
Could anyone tell me whether this behaviour is normal or whether there is any problem with my antenna matching. In that case what should my Multimeter read.
I built a 14Mhz and 4W Transmitter for CW. I connected a dipole antenna which is made of ordinary wire. it is 5 metres on both side. The link between the transmitter & antenna is through a coaxial cable, about 1 metre long.
When i measure the voltage at the point where my Transmitter connects to the coaxial cable, the voltage is found to be greater than 1000v which is the max. range of my multimeter. Actually the voltage Toggles High & Low. On high it reads 1000V . On low it reads some 300V
For measuring voltage, i user a diode capacitor rectifier & connected its output to the multimeter.
Could anyone tell me whether this behaviour is normal or whether there is any problem with my antenna matching. In that case what should my Multimeter read.