Topband: Anyone with experience using CAT6 as feed line.

[Nick Hall-Patch]

http://durenberger.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/BEVERAGE-ANTENNAS-IN-THE-DESERT.pptx 
presented at an International Radio Club of America conference a 
couple of years ago

used a Cat-5 antenna as both a Beverage and as feed line from the far end.

However, twisted pair lying on conductive ground has apparently quite 
high loss, per correspondence with KD9SV a couple of years ago:

>  Twisted pair does work for an "above ground beverage" but does NOT 
> work at all for a "Beverage on the ground"
.
http://www.iv3prk.it/new-page.htm says:

>My previous experiences in Italy with reversed Beverages using 
>twisted pairs from CAT5 cable and later with RG58 coax on the ground 
>were both negative.


These comments don't sound promising so far as using twisted pair in 
a BOG unfortunately.

Anyone with different experience?

73

Nick
VE7DXR


At 20:19 2020-05-17, Mikek wrote:

>Did a first test on a BOG, I noted it didn't have a f/b ratio.
>  Then I noted I connected the wrong pair to the radio.
>  That means the twisted pair is picking up signal.
>I terminated it hoping that would quiet it, It didn't.
>  I corrected the wiring error, But the feed line pickup
>makes the BOG useless.
>
>On a previous BOG I used #18 twisted speaker wire and it
>picked up very little RF when connected the the radio.
>
>
>  Do I need to do anything with the unused pairs,
>that would help?
>
>  Any thoughts on how to prevent RF pickup by the feed line?
>

Nick Hall-Patch
Victoria, BC
Canada