Instead of bringing the ladderline directly down the side of the
tower, 'twist' it as you do, thereby changing the distributed
capacitance of the two wires to the tower and 'equalizing' any
capacitive problems.
3 or 4 turns should suffice for 50'.
One foot sounds good to me, too.
73
Don
N8DE
Quoting W1JCW <W1JCW@hotmail.com>:
> I slope mine at a 45 to a 4:1 balum, coax into the shack.
>
> I would think at least 1'.
>
> 73-
> W1JCW
> John
>
> --------------------------------------------------
> From: "Sam Andrews" <sandrews@aristotle.net>
> Sent: Friday, December 03, 2010 3:06 PM
> To: <TowerTalk@contesting.com>
> Subject: [TowerTalk] Ladder Line Spacing from a Steel Tower
>
>> I am going to rework my inverted vee supported near the top of the 50'
>> tower with polyethylene insulated ladder line (300 or 450 ohm, from DX
>> Engineering, or similar). How far off the tower leg or face should it
>> held?
>>
>> 73, Sam AE5L
>
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