[TowerTalk] Lamp cord as antenna feed line

Bill Tippett btippett at alum.mit.edu
Wed Apr 27 08:47:56 EDT 2005


N1LO:
 >From what I've read, the insulation on lamp cord starts
to get lossy once you get above 20 meter band.

         Stay away from lamp cord!  ET3PMW tried this on
80 and 160 and it had terrible losses even there.  When
he switched to ladder line, his signal on 80 went up by at
least 20 dB.

                                 73,  Bill W4ZV



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