[Boatanchors] 300 ohm twinlead?

[Ray Friess]

Yea... but where the heck can you buy the stuff?


Gary Pewitt 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:
>
>> 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.
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> Just wanted some experiential feedback.
>>
>> Tnx,
>> Steve
>> WA2TAK
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