[TenTec] Open wire line

[Andrew Flessner]

When I considered what I could build for a single multiband antenna that would fit on the apartment roof and reading as many sources of info I could, including Maxwell, W2DU, I made a 132' doublet fed with 450 ladder line. I later changed it to open wire with 4" spacing. It works very well on 80-6 meters, tuned with my 238 tuner. I do use a Balun Designs 4:1 "tuner balun" just outside the house with 10 ft of RG-213.

Here are 3 sources for open wire line, there may be others.  I built the first because I had most of the parts.
 
 I think the True Ladder Line product probably makes the most sense based on price/effort, etc.
  
 Andy K9ARM
  
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzFKGB6qkXs
  
 http://www.trueladderline.com/
 
http://www.73cnc.com/product_p/ls100.htm