Re: [TenTec] openwire feed OT

["JAMES HANLON" <knjhanlon@msn.com>]

Paul,

Fair Radio probably still sells shielded 300 ohm twinlead that is about the 
same diameter as RG8.  You could simply connect a section long enough to suit 
your purposes to your open wire feed line and bring it into the shack through 
the same port that you were going to use for your coax.  The shield on the 300 
ohm cable will make it insensitive to any nearby metallic objects.  I know it 
works, because I run about 30 feet of this stuff through my house to get from 
my open wire feedline which comes into my primary shack through a dryer vent 
opening to my second shack in the garage.  It handles 200 watts cw from one of 
my boatanchor rigs with no problem (a Globe King 275).  My TT Argonaut 505 also 
does well through it, so the additional losses cannot be all that bad.  And it 
will let you keep things simple.

Jim Hanlon, W8KGI

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