[TowerTalk] Tower location and house noise

[Wes Stewart]

I don't know about the worry of choking the line since it's the noise inside the 
line I worry about, but I would (and do) run low-loss coax (LDF-4 or LDF-5).

Wes  N7WS

On 5/24/2017 12:24 PM, Jim Brown wrote:
> On Wed,5/24/2017 11:40 AM, John Sloop wrote:
>> Have you considered open wire?
>
> Only if coax is not practical. Assuming a matched load (resonant antenna), 
> you'll need transformers on each end to get from the low Z of the matched load 
> to the line, and from the line to the rig. Those transformers are not 
> lossless. :)
>
> And if it's not a low Z matched load, it's not practical to choke it to kill 
> noise, which was the reason for the long run in the first place.
>
> 73, Jim K9YC
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