[Antennaware] 3/8 wv spacing 40 meter 4 square

Adrian Rees rees.a at btconnect.com
Mon Aug 26 13:33:13 EDT 2013


FWIW

I used Sat TV Cable (RG6 I think) here in the UK.

Works a treat for QRO and quarter wave lines on a 40m 4 Square.

Home brew switching box as well.

73

Adrian MW1LCR / GW9X

On 26/08/2013 02:20, TOM T wrote:
> I don't feel qualified to answer your question. If you are not making
> progress you can write to my son KZ7Z. I don't fool around with coax
> often. I use 600 ohm open wire line with a current 4:1 baulin and good
> ant tuner. I can use the whole band and use the ant on other bands.
>
> TOM
> KZ7ZZ
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joe Blackwell" <aa4nn at earthlink.net>
> To: <antennaware at contesting.com>
> Sent: Sunday, August 25, 2013 4:02 PM
> Subject: Re: [Antennaware] 3/8 wv spacing 40 meter 4 square
>
>
>>
>>   Just make sure for 50ohm the .66 velocity factor
>>   leaves you enough cable to reach the antennas from
>>   the control box.
>>   de Joe aa4nn
>>
>>   On 8/22/2013 8:09 PM, [1]k8leewmm at aol.com wrote:
>>
>> should I use 50 ohm or 75 and how long?  3/4 wv phasing lines?  Found
>> an old in
>> fo sheet showing adding 1/2 50ohm coax to existing 1/4 75 ohm??
>>
>>              Wayne k8lee
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