[TowerTalk] Foam cables and velocity factor

[Robert Chudek]

A follow up.

I removed the balun from the antenna and fed the RG-8x direct. There was no significant change in any of the measured antenna characteristics.

73 de Bob - K0RC


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> Date: Sat, 12 Nov 2005 09:49:32 -0600
> From: "Robert Chudek" <k0rc at pclink.com>
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Foam cables and velocity factor
> To: "Tom Rauch" <w8ji at contesting.com>, <towertalk at contesting.com>
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> Tom,
> 
> That's what the analyzer is telling me, 2.3 ohms.
> 
> My final "adjustment" is going to be taking the 1:1 balun out and feeding 
> the antenna direct with the RG-8x. I will rerun the test and see if this 
> changes any of the numbers.
> 
> 73 de Bob - K0RC
>