[Antennas] zip line

Mon, 8 Apr 2002 18:14:33 -0700

Have done it many times when showing the ham class students how easy and
inexpensive it is to construct an antenna.
Then we would string it across the room and down a hallway (40 Meters at
night) and make some contacts.  It works very well.  Good luck.  73 de Milt,
N5Ia

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From: "Joe Falcone" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, April 08, 2002 5:04 PM
Subject: [Antennas] zip line

> I believe that the slang name of regular 117 volt lamp cord is called "zip
cord." The kind where you have two parallel wires carrying the power.  I
once read that it can be used as balanced line and is about 50 ohms.  I
believe that in Joe Carr's antenna book he said you could use zip cord out
to where you wanted your dipole and then just rip it down the middle and
create a dipole.
>
> Anyone have experience with the lamp cord antenna line?
>
> Joe. N8TI.
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