[Elecraft] OT: Stupid question about excess ladder line.

[Stephen W. Kercel]

Keith:

If it is physically practical at your site, the best thing to do is 
to have the long feed line meander (suspended in the air) along the 
path from the antenna to the rig.

Laying it on the ground is not a good idea.

73,

Steve
AA4AK



At 09:53 AM 6/21/2006, Darwin, Keith wrote:
>I just picked up a dipole fed with ladder line.  Plan to use it for FD.
>The antenna has 100 feet of parallel feed (window ladder line) and there
>is no way I'll need that much.  I don't want to cut the feed line
>because next time I use the temporary antenna I may need more.
>
>So what do I do with the excess?  If it was coax, I'd just pile it up on
>the ground.
>
>Maybe I should park the Element further away so I can stretch the feed
>line out straight from the rig to the antenna.  I could maybe use tomb
>stones to hold the feed line off the ground ... :-)
>
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