[TowerTalk] reversible Beverage

[Herbert Schoenbohm]

The Army telephone cable (WD-1A) is probably a lot cheaper and 
DX-Engineering now sells matching units for it.  You can buy a 1/2 mile 
of the telephone cable from Ebay for under $100.


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> A simpler approach is to use RG6 (probably cheap even in KH6 land) and 
> the reversible setup described in ON4UN's book.
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> On 10/5/2016 9:47 AM, Bill via TowerTalk wrote:
>> A quick question:
>>
>> I'm considering a reversible Beverage out in KH6 using DX Engineering 
>> setup.  Their system requires the Beverage to be constructed of 450 
>> ohm ladder line.  Cost of the ladder line and the cost of shipping 
>> 1500 feet to KH6 is quite high.  The system is designed to operate in 
>> a range of 300-600 ohms and of course the 450 ohms is right in the 
>> middle of that range.
>>
>> I've heard of guys using two wires in parallel to each other spaced 
>> 6-12 inches kept apart with home brew spacers and was considering  
>> this as an economical alternative.  I asked the guy from 
>> DX-Engineering if this would work and he wasn't sure since he didn't 
>> know what the impedance would be for the two wires. So, here I am.
>>
>> Any  rough idea as to what the impedence would be for two nr 14 wires 
>> spaced around 6 inches or 12 inches?  I'd really like to use the DX 
>> Engineering stufffor this but want to be sure it would work with 
>> something other than the 450 ohm ladder line.
>>
>> Thanks ahead of time!
>>
>> Bill K4XS/KH7XS
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