[TowerTalk] remote tuner Vs lumped constants

[Jim Brown]

On 7/25/2013 10:53 AM, Rick Karlquist wrote:
> I have 600 feet of 450 ohm OWL to my 160 meter transmit vertical.

Yes. If you ever have the opportunity to visit one of the vintage short 
wave shore stations still in existence you'll see a LOT of open wire 
coax line feeding rhombics. One typical form of construction is four 
wires in a small square for the center conductor and four more for the 
shield in a larger square, all held in place by U-shaped brackets at the 
top of posts. This sort of construction would be used for RX, and 
somewhat heavier for TX. There are several of these stations still in 
existence along the Pacific coast.  Here's one you can tour by appointment.

73, Jim K9YC