[Towertalk] Ladder Line Twist

[Chris BONDE]

I agree with not twisting if you donot care about radiating, I never did it 
for that purpose.  I was told that my coax would radiate.  Great I 
said.  Made sure my coax was up in the air as a third leg of the droopy 
dipole on 40m.

I am not in a wind belt.  But at times gusty, I twisted the twin lead to 
stop blowing,  or slow it down.  And to cause some of the rain to drip off 
rather than run in.

Chris opr VE7HCB

At 04:06 PM 2002-04-01 -0500, Tom Rauch wrote:

> > Do you suggest twisting 600 ohm ladder line?
>
>It depends.
>
>If the line is very long, I would twist it. If it is near something else
>somewhat conductive (within a few  feet), I would twist it.
>
>If I didn't care if it radiated, I would not bother twisting it no matter
>what.
>
>In some cases we do not care about balance or radiation. SWBC
>stations are an example. If they never receive on the antenna, they
>care less if they get some radiation in undesired directions as long
>as it is small compared to the main signal.
>
>That might be the case for us also, if we don't use a directional
>antenna we probably don't care if there is some line radiation.
>
>73, Tom W8JI
>W8JI@contesting.com
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