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[Towertalk] The Ladder Line Twist (No Dancing Required)

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Subject: [Towertalk] The Ladder Line Twist (No Dancing Required)
From: petrich@u.washington.edu (John Petrich)
Date: Sun, 31 Mar 2002 15:58:21 -0800
All,

    I had actually thought that one reason for the twists in VHF / UHF twin
lead was an effort to minimize coupling of the feedline to the masts and
other nearby objects so as to reduce minor balance and phase discontinuities
and thereby reduce the tendency for ghosts.

John Petrich, W7FU


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