[TowerTalk] Remote Fed Doublet?

[Tony]

  Mike,

On 9/28/2010 4:22 PM, Michael Goins wrote:
> Need a bit more information, Tony.
>
> Are you planning to single band the doublet or multi-band it?

Multi band - hopefully 160M through 30M.
> At what power level?

No more than 500 watts.
> What is the current coax run (size and type coax)?

Nothing purchased yet. Open for suggestions.

Tony


> On Tue, Sep 28, 2010 at 2:48 PM, Tony<dxdx at optonline.net>  wrote:
>
>>   All,
>>
>> I have a 38 foot fiberglass push-up pole which I'd like to use to
>> support a Doublet antenna. The perfect location for the mast is some 15
>> feet away from the shack.
>>
>> The existing coax feeds that go to my tower run outside the house from
>> the bottom floor and the shack is on the second floor; I would have to
>> feed the Doublet the same way.
>>
>> The question is, would it be possible to run 25 feet (or so) of coax
>> using a remote balun without compromising the effectiveness of the
>> antenna too much or running into tuning problems?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Tony
>>
>>
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