K8RI wrote:
>
> Who uses open wire line these days? It would be very inconvenient here.
>
> 73,
>
> Roger (K8RI)
>
I have 600 feet of 450 ohm OWL to my 160 meter transmit vertical.
I used to have 1000 feet of it coming from my old shack location that
was farther away. 4 AWG stranded THHW aluminum on 5 inch centers
suspended every 25 feet. No intermediate spacers. 0.1 dB loss
at 1.8 MHz including the 50 ohm unbalanced to 450 ohm balanced
transformers at the ends. I wouldn't say it was all that inconvenient
in my situation where it goes in a straight line. "Someday" I
am planning to replace it with some 7/8 inch hardline I got for
nothing.
Rick N6RK
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