Video: Basics of the Smith Chart

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From Alan, W2AEW

Recording of a presentation I gave at a VHF Amateur Radio Conference in October 2018.

It covers the basics of the Smith Chart - what it is, how you plot complex impedance, obtain VSWR, return loss, reflection coefficient, transmission line effects and compute impedance matching networks.

This presentation covers topics presented in some of my other videos, but does not include the live demonstrations shown in these videos:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TsXd6GktlYQ

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Thanks Adam,

Smith charts are black magic to me, so I'll be sure to watch and learn.

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Thanks Adam
Bought back good old memories of the smith chart. Fortunately (or unfortunately) I used one on a regular basis and managed to be given a slide rule smith chart at the end of my training back in 1970. I think these would be fairly rare these days. I still have it but use software versions now.