[Elecraft] Antenna feedline Placement

[Vic Rosenthal]

Jim Corbitt wrote:

> Is it OK to put 2 feedlines adjacent to each other to get outside to
> the antennas?  One feedline is ladder line and the other is RG-8
> coax.  One will go to a loop antenna and the other to a dipole.  Is
> it OK to put the earth ground for the rig through the same opening?
> I was thinking of routing  a plastic pipe  through the basement wall
> and up the side of the house for sort of a conduit to put the
> feedlines in.   Would it be better to use a metal conduit?

It would be best to keep the ladder line at least 1-1/2" from anything 
conductive.  It would not be a good idea to route it in the same conduit 
as the coax or ground lead.  And a metal conduit would be a definite 
no-no for ladder line!

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73,
Vic, K2VCO
Fresno CA
http://www.qsl.net/k2vco