[TowerTalk] Balanced wire feed line

[Hans Hammarquist]

It is not that the current is unbalanced at the shack entry, there I have no problems, I have plenty of ways to balance it there. The problem is that the feed line works as part of the antenna and there is CM current along the feed line starting at the antenna. That current dies out once it reaches the shack and will cause no problem inside my shack. It's just like an extra wire from the antenna down towards my shack and it is radiating all the way down with an influence to the radiation pattern. I don't know how big of a problem it is in my case as I have nothing more than my tower next to it. I can, lively, imaging if it passes a TV, telephone or a HIFI setup on its way down.


Hans - N2JFS



-----Original Message-----
From: Edward McCann via TowerTalk <towertalk at contesting.com>
To: towertalk <towertalk at contesting.com>
Sent: Sat, Jun 18, 2016 10:21 pm
Subject: [TowerTalk] Fwd: Elecraft - Balanced solution for KAT500 tuner?



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Begin forwarded message:

> From: Edward McCann <edwmccann at yahoo.com>
> Date: June 18, 2016 at 6:18:56 PM PDT
> To: Bryan Swadener via TowerTalk <towertalk at contesting.com>, hanslg at aol.com, jim at audiosystemsgroup.com
> Cc: edward mccann <edwmccann at aol.com>
> Subject: Fwd: Elecraft - Balanced solution for KAT500 tuner?
> 
> Answer to a prayer -- see link to Elecraft reflector a la Brown attached below.
> 
> Mine worked.
> 
> Let us know about yours.
> 
> 73,
> AG6CX
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> Begin forwarded message:
> 
>> From: Edw McCann <edwmccann at aol.com>
>> Date: June 18, 2016 at 6:15:38 PM PDT
>> To: Edward McCann <edwmccann at yahoo.com>
>> Subject: Fwd: Elecraft - Balanced solution for KAT500 tuner?
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> 
>> Begin forwarded message:
>> 
>>> From: Edw McCann <edwmccann at aol.com>
>>> Date: June 18, 2016 at 6:14:45 PM PDT
>>> To: edward mccann <edwmccann at aol.com>
>>> Subject: Elecraft - Balanced solution for KAT500 tuner?
>>> 
>>> 
>>> http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/Balanced-solution-for-KAT500-tuner-td7563429.html
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Sent from my iPhone
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