[TowerTalk] Tower and Ladder Line Interaction

Kelley kshaddrick at jetup.net
Wed Jul 23 11:26:23 EDT 2014


I should add, I generally use the 450 ohm ladder line with 14 gauge 
stranded wire.

Kelley - WØRK

On 7/23/2014 10:06 AM, Kelley wrote:
>
> I have a Rohn HDBX 48 with a tribander at the top. I don't have much 
> in the way of lower band antennas. I was thinking of adding an 
> inverted V, with the apex at the top of the tower, fed with ladder 
> line to a remote tuner near the bottom of the tower.
>
> However, I'm concerned about the interaction between the tower and the 
> ladder line. Some of the info I've read suggests it's not that big of 
> a deal as long as the ladder line is a few inches from the metal. 
> Other info I've read suggests otherwise.
>
> I there a "minimum safe distance" between a tower and ladder line? Or, 
> is running ladder line parallel to a metal tower just a bad thing at 
> any distance? Anyone have any experience with this?
>
> Thanks,
>




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