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    Antenna Matching Transformer

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    This document provides instructions for making a wideband impedance matching transformer to connect an antenna to coaxial cable. The transformer uses a toroidal ferrite core with 2-2.5 turns of copper wire wound on each side. It converts a 300 ohm balanced input to a 75 ohm unbalanced output for coaxial cable. Connections are made between the upper and lower coils on the input and output sides. This simple transformer design works from 50MHz to 800MHz and can be used between an antenna and amplifier requiring a 300 ohm input.

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    Antenna Matching Transformer

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    This document provides instructions for making a wideband impedance matching transformer to connect an antenna to coaxial cable. The transformer uses a toroidal ferrite core with 2-2.5 turns of copper wire wound on each side. It converts a 300 ohm balanced input to a 75 ohm unbalanced output for coaxial cable. Connections are made between the upper and lower coils on the input and output sides. This simple transformer design works from 50MHz to 800MHz and can be used between an antenna and amplifier requiring a 300 ohm input.

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    This document provides instructions for making a wideband impedance matching transformer to connect an antenna to coaxial cable. The transformer uses a toroidal ferrite core with 2-2.5 turns of copper wire wound on each side. It converts a 300 ohm balanced input to a 75 ohm unbalanced output for coaxial cable. Connections are made between the upper and lower coils on the input and output sides. This simple transformer design works from 50MHz to 800MHz and can be used between an antenna and amplifier requiring a 300 ohm input.

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    Antenna Matching Transformer

    Uploaded by

    jhon
    This document provides instructions for making a wideband impedance matching transformer to connect an antenna to coaxial cable. The transformer uses a toroidal ferrite core with 2-2.5 turns of copper wire wound on each side. It converts a 300 ohm balanced input to a 75 ohm unbalanced output for coaxial cable. Connections are made between the upper and lower coils on the input and output sides. This simple transformer design works from 50MHz to 800MHz and can be used between an antenna and amplifier requiring a 300 ohm input.

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    The post describes how to build an impedance matching transformer to connect an antenna to coaxial cable using inexpensive toroidal cores and copper wire.

    You wind two coils of 2.5 turns each on the toroidal core and connect the wires as described in the post.

    One wire from the upper coil is connected to one from the lower coil as the input ground. The remaining left wires are the 300 ohm inputs. On the right, pairs of upper and lower coil wires form the 75 ohm output and output ground.

    MAKE A WIDEBAND ANTENNA MATCHING

    TRANSFORMER
    Most do-it yourself TV antenna projects online use a ready made impedance matching
    transformer between antenna and cable. But what can you do if you can't find one at your local
    supplier? This post will show you how can you make one. You could use some hard to find double
    hole pig-nose RF ferrite cores, but this transformer has good performance even with ordinary
    toroidal cores.
    This transformer can be used for VHF and UHF reception (from 50 to about 800 MHz). The input
    is 300 ohms balanced and the output is 75 ohms unbalanced, ready for coaxial cable connection.
    A device similar to what is presented here is used in commercially available antenna
    preamplifiers with 300 ohms input.

    To build it you need a toroidal core with an outer diameter of 8 to 16 mm and a few copper wires of 0.3 to 0.5
    mm diameter (you can use wires from UTP network cables). You will make 2 by 2...3 turns as described below.

    What you need

    Construction detail
    Looking at the above photo, there is an upper coil and a lower one, each of 2.5 turns. Wire endings from left
    represent inputs and on the right there are the outputs. On the left, connect one wire from the upper coil to one
    from the lower coil. That's the input ground ground (GND). You can connect this to the antenna ground, you
    can let it unconnected or connect it with the output ground. The remaining left wires are 300 ohms inputs. On
    the right make two pairs of upper with lower wires, but make sure you don't connect the same wires from the
    left. Pairs represent the 75 ohms output and the output ground (it doesn't matter which one you choose to be
    GND or 75 ohms). Maybe the following photo will make things simple:

    Transformer connections
    The equivalent schematic is this:

    Balun schematic
    Note: if using this transformer, do not turn on active antenna from your TV or receiver settings. Do not use any
    kind of power supply through coaxial cable. This transformer is a short circuit at DC. In order to prevent this
    risk, you could add a 0.47...1 nF ceramic capacitor at the output of the transformer before connecting the
    coaxial central wire.
    Besides toroidal cores, if you have available, you can use double hole pig-nose cores which are specifically
    designed for radio frequency. Here is a photo of a ready made antenna amplifier that uses such transformers. As
    you can see, they left the input ground not connected.

    Pig nose core matching transformers


    The type of matching transformer presented here can be used for any kind of reception antenna where 300 to 75
    ohms conversion is required and can be followed by 75 ohms input antenna amplifier.

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