[TenTec] Ten Tec 238 coupler and 160 meters

[Mike Bryce]

I didn’t measure it, but took a hunk I had in the shack and put some ends on it. I’m guessing but between ten and fifteen feet.


Mike Bryce wb8vge
prosolar at sssnet.com



On Nov 9, 2013, at 4:10 PM, Carl Moreschi <n4py3 at earthlink.net> wrote:

> How much coax did you add?  The main idea of open wire line is it is much less lossy than coax at high SWR's.  You therefore want to keep the coax portion is short as practical.  The SWR on the feedline could be 100 to 1 or even higher.
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