Amateur Extra · FCC ELEMENT 4

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Amateur Extra · FCC Element 4 · answer reveals automatically

Which of these transmission line impedances would be suitable for constructing a quarter-wave Q-section for matching a 100-ohm feed point impedance to a 50-ohm transmission line?

Answer75 ohms

A quarter-wave transformer uses Z = √(100×50) ≈ 70.7 ohms. Of the listed choices, 75 ohms is suitable.