Have been thinking of installing a simple antenna to
cover the SE in contests and as a backup in general.
Was considering a inverted vee hung from the tower and
fed with ladder line & tuner. I want to cover only 10
thru 40. My question is this: my tower is about 100
ft ftom the house and want to feed this antenna with
ladder line near the ground, how do I handle that
transition to coax? A 4:1 balun, a 9:1 balun, other?
Is it even worth doing with the losses incurred due to
the mismatch in 100 ft of coax? Maybe a trap dipole
or inverted vee would be more appropriate? I just
wondered if anyone had tried something similiar and
how it all worked out.
73, Stew K3ND
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