[NCC] ladder line

[Jon Kovacs]

Guys...

As the leaves are getting ready to fall from trees in my back yard here in Howland,  I'm thinking of a 133' dipole fed with ladder line.  I'm running out of room on my tower and only need one good dipole for 160/80/40 .    As it is now, I have three dipoles off my tower along with the three beams.   I'm not getting any younger, so I'm not crazy about going up there any more than I have to should one of them come down .

I have heard lots of stories regarding ladder line and proper methods of installation to reduce rf etc from coming into the house.   One idea I heard was to run ladder line down to outside house, place a balun at that point and run coax inside???    Others were to simply run ladder line inside to tuner....

Guess I'm looking for advice or whatever regarding my issues, especially with what kind of balun to use, if that is the approved method.    XYL, also getting older, comes unglued when occasional rf tends to mess up her tv, even though we have cable.    All my cables run in the ceiling under the living room where the tv is.  So I don't imagine this helps any.   But hey, I tell here its only four to six times a year you gotta put up with it???   No sense of humor!!

Anyhow, I'd appreciate your input.

Thanks

Jon k8ly