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Impedance Matching Transformers for Receiving Antennas at Medium and Lower Shortwave Frequencies June /July 2003 Bill Bowers John Bryant Nick Hall-Patch, VE7DXR INTRODUCTION by John Bryant All three of the co-authors have been involved in designing, fabricating and testing impedance transformers for many years. In fact, I first met Nick Hall-Patch when I asked his assistance in designing a matching transformer soon after erecting my first Beverage antenna in 1985. Nick, then as now, the Technical Editor of the International Radio Club bulletin, had written and/or edited some of the early articles on this subject. Subsequently, Nick and I co-authored several articles on impedance matching devices and associated subjects throughout the 1990s. The most recent such article Fabricating Impedance Transformers for Receiving Antennas was written by me in May of 2001 and published in numerous club bulletins and on the Internet. Nick and Bill were unattributed advisors on that article. With each of those articles, we were intensely aware that we were relying on conventional wisdom and the general state of the art at the time of authoring. We were also aware that there were some assumptions inherent in the basic formula governing the design of impedance transformers that we had not seen tested. At the time, the only source for technical data and design formula were in the professional realm and from manufacturers of ferrite toroids. In early 2003, DXer George Maroti, mentioned to Nick that although he had been very successful in following the article guidelines for impedance matching transformers with isolated windings, he had noticed that ferrite core types 43, 73 and 75 had all been suggested for use in these transformers by different people. He inquired “what parameter(s) are critical in determining what