Topband: Anyone with experience using CAT6 as feed line.

[Bill Cromwell]

Hi,

What if you come all four twisted pairs into a single pair?

I can't try this on my postage stamp lot because no reasonable beverage 
will fit.

73,

Bill  KU8H

On 5/17/20 4:19 PM, 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?
> 
>                                 Mikek KF4ITA
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