Topband: 1000 feet 5/8" hardline or 600ohm True Ladder line.

Carl km1h at jeremy.mv.com
Sat Apr 26 13:23:17 EDT 2014



> On 4/26/2014 9:17 AM, Carl wrote:
>> Shouldnt that line be rotated along its length to maintain balance as
>> done with OWL Beverages?
>>
>> Carl
>> KM1H
>>
> 
> A big vertical is omni directional and has high signal levels.
> This is in contrast to the beverage which has low signal levels
> and tries to null out certain directions.  If I disconnect the
> vertical from the line, the noise level drops many S units,
> indicating negligible ingress due to line leakage.
> 
> Rick N6RK


 What about a 4 square?

Carl




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