[TenTec] openwire feed OT

[John T. Fleming]

At a field day operation a couple of years ago, our club installed an 80
meter loop.  It was fed with "ladder wire."  I say that in quotes because
the fellow that built it had 100 feet of the twin coax that they used for
the DirecTV dishes.  Each leg of the loop was connected to a center lead.
The shield was grounded at the tuner and the center leads were attached to
the ladder line connections.  It worked well and was quite broad.  The
shielded cable would solve the problem of going through a wall.

73,
John

-----Original Message-----
From: tentec-bounces at contesting.com [mailto:tentec-bounces at contesting.com]
On Behalf Of HUGHESRO
Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2006 4:54 PM
To: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment
Subject: Re: [TenTec] openwire feed OT

I've did that on g5rv type and full wave loop. Feed 450 ohm ladder to piece
of 1 inch pvc pipe with caps on each end and so239 in bottom and line thru
slit in top sealed with silicone. I did not hve any rfi and I'm sure not
techn correct but put lots of dx in log with 100 watts. It loaded up really
well to mfj tuner well grounded. My loops tend not to stay up to long. Am in
long valley and wind is sometimes really bad. Gud luck. Also on topic they
were hooked to ten tecs. Oh that soft, easy cw sound on a super quiet
freguency. It's the sound of heaven on earth. A little much I guess. Roger
in tn w4iv.