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Re: [TowerTalk] CAT6 Broadside Beverage combiner video

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Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] CAT6 Broadside Beverage combiner video
From: "Jim Lux" <jim@luxfamily.com>
Date: Mon, 05 Jan 2026 17:17:45 -0500
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The idea being that you're feeding with 120 ohm twisted pair rather than 75 ohm 
coax?
 


On Mon, 5 Jan 2026 12:51:31 -0700, VE6WZ_Steve <ve6wz@shaw.ca> wrote:

I have been expanding my RX system to include more Beverages fed with CAT6 
rather than RG-6.

In this video I describe the combiner I built to accommodate the CAT6 fed 
Beverage wires.
A Gerber file is included for anyone that wants to build their own.
https://youtu.be/7IoxQNcArvo 

Indeed not everyone has room for broadside phasing, but my experience has been 
that these are top-tier RX antennas for 160m.

Steve ve6wz
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