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Re: [TowerTalk] reversible Beverage

To: alex.k2bb@gmail.com
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] reversible Beverage
From: TexasRF--- via TowerTalk <towertalk@contesting.com>
Reply-to: TexasRF@aol.com
Date: Wed, 5 Oct 2016 15:23:55 -0400
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Yes, but not much since the dielectric is still mostly air.
 
Gerald,
K5GW
 
 
 
In a message dated 10/5/2016 2:16:19 P.M. Central Daylight Time,  
alex.k2bb@gmail.com writes:

will  wire insulation affect the resistance?

On Wed, Oct 5, 2016 at 2:32 PM,  TexasRF--- via TowerTalk <
towertalk@contesting.com>  wrote:

> ZO= 276 X log ( (2 X spacing) / wire dia.)
>
>  6" spacing, .0641" diam = 627 ohms.
>
> 73,
> Gerald  K5GW
>
>
>
> In a message dated 10/5/2016 1:17:31 P.M.  Central Daylight Time,
> towertalk@contesting.com  writes:
>
>
> A  quick question:
>
> I'm  considering a reversible Beverage out in KH6 using  DX  Engineering
> setup.  Their system requires the Beverage to  be  constructed of 450 ohm
> ladder
> line.  Cost of the  ladder line and the cost  of shipping 1500 feet to KH6
> is
>  quite high.  The system is designed to  operate in a range of  300-600 
ohms
> and of course the 450 ohms is right in the  middle  of that range.
>
> I've heard of guys using two wires in parallel  to  each other spaced 6-12
> inches kept apart with home brew  spacers and was  considering  this as an
> economical  alternative.  I asked the guy  from DX-Engineering if this  
would
> work and he wasn't sure since he didn't know  what the  impedance would be
> for
> the two wires.  So, here I   am.
>
> Any  rough idea as to what the impedence would be for  two nr  14 wires
> spaced around 6 inches or 12 inches?  I'd  really like to use the  DX
> Engineering
> stufffor this but  want to be sure it would work with something  other 
than
> the 450  ohm ladder line.
>
> Thanks ahead of time!
>
>  Bill  K4XS/KH7XS
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