[TenTec] OT: coax versus parallel wire

[Jim WA9YSD]

Spacing for power handling right.  I believe 6 inch was used because of long distant runs say 300 feet or more. To the antennas back in the horse and buggy days,  I mean Model T days.  They used High impedance antennas because they had to run feed line for long distances.

You might want to float a 10M loop on the inside of that and/or what ever band your having a hard time tuneing it on, and see if it improves things.  Put it in like a quad element hanging on ropes tune it but do not tie it to the feed line.  That way you will not have to build an ex-stream tuner.

 Keep The Faith, Jim K9TF/WA9YSD