Re: [TenTec] ladder line

["Grant Youngman" <nq5t@comcast.net>]

> balanced tuner.   the feed seemed magical.   i had a gap 
> titan before on 75 
> m. then went to an 88' center zepp with the ladder line for 
> 75.  it was 10 db better than the gap.  

Balanced feed it a good thing.  But it isn't magic.

The 10dB between the zepp with ladder line and the Titan most likely had
almost everything to do with how poor the Titan is on 75 and almost nothing
to do with ladder line.  A GAP Challenger also covers 75 -- meaning only
that it presents a nominally resonant 50 ohm load.  Almost anything else you
can put in the air will radiate significantly better, open wire feed or not
:-)

Grant/NQ5T