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[TowerTalk] Ladder Line and Coax

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Subject: [TowerTalk] Ladder Line and Coax
From: 2@vc.net (2)
Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2001 18:05:32 -0700
>
>Why not keep the ladder line all the way into the shack and put a tuner on
>it to conveniently cover the bands of interest.  To run the open wire into
>the shack (like go through walls or windows, etc.), use some equal length,
>short runs of coax, and connect two coax lines in parallel, center
>conductors connected to the openwire, then direct into the tuner - ground
>the braids together of the two parallel lines.
>
>Stay away from the baluns - creates loss.
>
Amen, Mark.  Balun + high SWR =s bad news,  

-  R. L. Measures, 805.386.3734,AG6K, www.vcnet.com/measures.  
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