Re: Topband: 1000 feet 5/8" hardline or 600ohm True Ladder line.

["Richard (Rick) Karlquist" <richard@karlquist.com>]

On 4/26/2014 9:17 AM, Carl wrote:
> Shouldnt that line be rotated along its length to maintain balance as
> done with OWL Beverages?
>
> Carl
> KM1H
A big vertical is omni directional and has high signal levels.
This is in contrast to the beverage which has low signal levels
and tries to null out certain directions.  If I disconnect the
vertical from the line, the noise level drops many S units,
indicating negligible ingress due to line leakage.

Rick N6RK
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