[TowerTalk] Cable TV hardline question

Fri Oct 29 07:54:21 EDT 2004

> you van use catv cable on your antennes buth you have to make 1/4 wave
> transformer
> from 60-62ohms coax to the antenna.

No you don't.  I use 75 ohm here for 160m through 70cm with runs up to
350' with no transformers and no problems on any band.

David Robbins K1TTT
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