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1. [TenTec] Re: Ten Tec antenna tuners (ladderline lore) (score: 1)
Author: paulc@mediaone.net (Paul Christensen)
Date: Sat, 1 Apr 2000 13:31:02 -0500
Well, since posting my inquiry yesterday, I received a lot of expanations for the practice of twisting balanced transmission line. Here is a summary of the majority of replies: 1) Twisting the lines
/archives//html/TenTec/2000-04/msg00005.html (9,031 bytes)

2. [TenTec] Re: Ten Tec antenna tuners (ladderline lore) (score: 1)
Author: k8vt@ameritech.net (Carter Grabarczyk)
Date: Sun, 02 Apr 2000 09:51:26 -0400
Wouldn't twisting make the wind loading WORSE? Take a hundred foot run of ladder line to your antenna without any twists. Now use a twisted ladder line to go to the same antenna the same 100 feet awa
/archives//html/TenTec/2000-04/msg00014.html (8,409 bytes)

3. [TenTec] Re: Ten Tec antenna tuners (ladderline lore) (score: 1)
Author: geraldj@ames.net (Dr. Gerald N. Johnson)
Date: Mon, 03 Apr 2000 10:53:46 -0500
Twisting breaks up the air foil and cuts the lifting coefficients. But increases the direct wind load. I've changed from flat twin lead to real open wire (18 gauge copperweld on 1" centers) because o
/archives//html/TenTec/2000-04/msg00041.html (7,559 bytes)

4. [TenTec] Re: Ten Tec antenna tuners (ladderline lore) (score: 1)
Author: patrickth@mindspring.com (Patrick A. Thompson Sr.)
Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2000 20:25:28 -0500
Uh...because that's the way I've always done it??? ;-) The twist is there for the same reason flat TV lead used to be twisted. Disturbances caused by proximity to other objects is supposed to effect
/archives//html/TenTec/2000-03/msg00003.html (10,294 bytes)


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