[TenTec] Open wire line

[Wade Staggs]

*My antenna has been the same for 35 years. 63 feet of # 12 wire times 2.
That's 126 feet of wire and fed with 450 ohm Stranded Ladder Line. We have
virtually the same feed system. I use a home wound 1:1 Current Balun now
but for years I just used an Ugly Balun or Choke Balun which consisted of
21 feet of RG-8X wrapped around a piece of 3 inch PVC Drain Pipe at 2 feet
long. If you are ever sitting around the shack and happen to be looking at
a piece of Coax and also some PVC Pipe, give it a try. I have been told
that the Current Balun works much better than a 4:1 Voltage Balun. I have
examined every Antenna Tuner I could and find that MFJ and all the other
Companies that Martin F. of MFJ owns, use 1:1 Current Baluns. I will be at
Staples as soon as the weather warms up. I am Impressed. What a Great Way
to make Ladder Line. Thanks so very much.......I can't wait to get some of
your designed Ladder Line in the air.*
*
   73 de Wade/KJ4WS*

On Sun, Feb 10, 2013 at 12:49 PM, Andrew Flessner <k9arm at yahoo.com> wrote:

> 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
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