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Re: [TowerTalk] Johnson matchbox with coax feed line ?

To: "'Robert Harmon'" <k6uj@pacbell.net>, "'towertalk'" <towertalk@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Johnson matchbox with coax feed line ?
From: <w5gn@mxg.com>
Date: Sat, 9 May 2015 13:09:25 -0500
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Mine works great.  I feed my rooftop vertical with the KW Matchbox
because in some parts of some bands the SWR causes Amp drop out.

Long ago, when computer monitors were CRTs, I had my IBM monitor
physically touching the side of the KW Matchbox and we had a
nearby strike that itself did no damage, but apparently the
currents on the surface of the Matchbox interacted with the
CRT which dumped a spike that took out the video driver on
that motherboard, and then use the LAN cables to take out 
three other motherboards and five LAN hubs.


Barry, W5GN


-----Original Message-----
From: TowerTalk [mailto:towertalk-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Robert 
Harmon
Sent: Saturday, May 09, 2015 11:37 AM
To: towertalk
Subject: [TowerTalk] Johnson matchbox with coax feed line ?


I know the Johnson matchboxes have limited range, can’t use on the WARC bands 
for instance, and they are designed primarily for balanced feebleness, but how 
do they perform using unbalanced coax fed antennas ?
The Johnson KW matchbox has a SO239 on the back for using coax in addition to 
the balanced feed line connectors on the back.
Anyone use the Johnsons for coax antennas ?  How well does it work ?

thanks,
Bob
K6UJ
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