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Hackaday: A Gentle Introduction to Impedance Matching (hackaday.com)

submitted 15 hours ago by Lucien@mander.xyz to c/amateur_radio@lemmy.radio

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"Impedance matching is one of the perpetual confusions for new electronics students, and for good reason: the idea that increasing the impedance of a circuit can lead to more power transmission is frighteningly unintuitive at first glance. Even once you understand this, designing a circuit with impedance matching is a tricky task, and it’s here that [Ralph Gable]’s introduction to impedance matching is helpful."

Cross posted from https://rss.ponder.cat/post/172998

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[–] Gloria@sh.itjust.works 5 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

For me it is always a bit irritating seeing a man of science having a bible verse in the background. I watched the video and he does a good job, but since Maga/Evangelical uprising, this is a thing that makes me very cautious about what comes next.

[–] Lucien@mander.xyz 1 points 15 hours ago

I missed that part; wish I hadn't posted it now

[–] Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 3 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago)

This video provides mechanical demonstrations of impedance, SWR, and some other related concepts, making them much more intuitive: AT&T Archives: Similarities of Wave Behavior.

Pros: He never uses the term "complex conjugate"

Cons: Ancient, black and white, monotonous droning.