[TowerTalk] Open Wire

[Tom Champlin]

I got on the air in '58. Open wire, for the most part, had already come
and gone even then. I have always used a good coax cable. I too had a
Johnson KW Matchbox, worked great with coax . I cant even imagine trying
to use those old W.W.II rf ammeters, nor do I care what the readings
are. I never really wanted to
string this stuff above my yard and bring it down to my home where I
would have to cut holes in a perfectly good house or window. Compared to
those who do use the open wire, my coax may not be quite as efficient,
but I am glad to make the
tradeoff. I try to make my antennas resonant in the area where I operate
to begin with, so I only need a tuner on parts of 80 and 160m. My
current tuner, the Nye MBVA is very poor on 160m. It's all in what one
wants to do, if open wire makes a person feel better, then that's what
they should do. Personally, I seem to envision BC610's and plug-in
coils, and can almost hear the Andrews Sisters singing in the
background, when someone mentions "open wire feeders". This is not meant
as a personal attack on anyone by the way, just my opinion.
73, Tom W0HH


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