[TowerTalk] Using Coax as Ladder Line

[Dan Zimmerman N3OX]

> I saw something somewhere about using coax as ladder line to get out of your house.  >Seems like the center leads of a pair of coax were connected as if they were the ladderline at >the tuner and the shields tied together and then to ground at the station.  The ends outside of >the house then had the two center leads tied to the real ladderline and the shields tied >together at that point also.

Yes, you can do this to make balanced shielded line, but it doesn't
buy you a whole lot.  It has basically the same loss as a single coax
run, which can be quite a lot if you're using open wire or window line
to feed a multiband antenna with a tuner.


73,
Dan