Fw: RE: [Antennas] Twin lead 450 Ohm

[Sandy and Kees Talen]

>I cut every other spacer out of my windowed ladder
>line 

....good idea Steve. Have you also tried decreasing the 
width of the remaining webs ?

>and rub automotive paste wax on it so the water
>beads up/runs off.

....I don't know what the dielectric characteristic of auto
paste is. I've been a little skeptical since trying several 
adhesives to hold turns on some homebrew coils, only to
find that fingernail polish drops the "Q" and silicone glue
like that "E6000" does not.

> Re-run those tests at 30MHz w/ paste wax
>rubbed on the line -- those are numbers I'd like to
>see.

...me too.

>I use 14AWG stranded hard drawn copper wire and 1/2"
>OD 'CPVC' for my spacers. It's super and easy to build
>and it doesn't change between wet and dry. 

....what is the spacing between wires and between spacers 
you are using ? What matching at the antenna ?

73 Kees K5BCQ