[TenTec] 75 Ohm twin velocity factor ?

[dw]

In case you like this idea...
I made up some varied lengths of 450 ladder, soldering alligator clips
on
the ends.
Sometime, I use these just to see how an antenna system responds.


On Fri, 26 Jan 2007 14:36:06 -0600, "Stuart Rohre"
<rohre at arlut.utexas.edu> said:
> While many 50 ohm coaxes are in the Velocity factor range of 0.66, twin
> lead 
> lines typically are 0.98.
> 
> There are procedures to use an MFJ Antenna Analyzer to measure the exact
> Vp 
> of any line.  Running on batteries, you can do this for twin lines to
> better 
> than ball park figures.  I think these instructions for the MFJ use are
> on 
> line.  Google Search "MFJ 259 Instructions"
> 
> Stuart
> K5KVH 
> 
> 
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