[TowerTalk] Antenna Distance From Shack

[Cqtestk4xs at aol.com]

In a message dated 8/17/2006 2:25:52 A.M. Greenwich Standard Time,  
donovanf at starpower.net writes:

If  you're a purist, you could purchase 500 feet of Andrew LDF5-50A, but that 
 would set you back about the same amount as your tower and  beam!

73!
Frank
W3LPL



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Good point Frank.  If available, CATV is the way to go.  Like  lots of hams I 
got thousands of feet of this stuff for free and I wish I could  have taken 
it with me to KH6. 
 
Let's remember that that most hams are cheap and scavengers by  nature.  That 
expensive LDF5-50 and its ends often can be gotten at  ridiculously low 
prices with some leg work and by keeping your nose to the  ground.  I once picked 
up 3000 some excellent quality LDF5-50 which the guy  dropped off at my place 
for $.60 a foot....about the price of new LMR  400.  Lots of that stuff WILL be 
going to KH6.
 
One other thing that CATV and Heliax can be buried, a real plus in keeping  
the XYL happy.
 
Bill K4XS