[TowerTalk] FIlters

[George T. Daughters]

hi charlie,

you wrote....

> Can I trust the front end of a $4,000 rig to a stub "filter" ???  K4VUD

sure.  a quarter wavelength line, open at the far end, is a DEAD 
SHORT at this end.  dead short = no voltage developed. none.  

now, make *sure* it's a quarter wave long!

73,


George T. Daughters, K6GT

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