[Boatanchors] 300 ohm twinlead?

[StephenTetorka at cs.com]

Hi Gary:

The 300 ohm is already there.

73
Steve



Gary Pewitt <n9zsv at cei.net> wrote:

>Forget the 300 ohm twinlead.  Use 450 ohm ladder line.  It's much 
>better.  And it's not much more expensive.
>73  Gary
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>At 08:31 AM 5/31/2005, StephenTetorka at cs.com wrote:
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>>Vic's point is my concern.
>>My 'dipole' is close to resonance on 80...but I use my 'tune anything'
>>antenna tuner to match it to the xmtr.
>>But...I only use nominally 100 watts AM or SSB.
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>>Now, I'd like to bring a homebrew linear operational.
>>It can put out 450 watts PEP and about 125 AM...into a 50 ohm dummy load.
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>>Its my understanding that the line breakdown will occur from 'arcing' due to
>>High Voltage.
>>One can hit the books..or use the standard capacitor air gap breakdown data
>>which will suffice.
>>The twinlead dielectric ( plastic ) will increase the breakdown value.
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>>Just wanted some experiential feedback.
>>
>>Tnx,
>>Steve
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