[Elecraft] OT Wet 450 ohm ladder line

[Jim Brown]

On Tue, 17 Mar 2009 08:13:12 -0700 (PDT), Wes Stewart wrote:

>Indeed I did.  However, a few more words.  The experiments that I 
>ran were by necessity somewhat contrived and weren't very 
>repeatable.  What I was attempting to show was that there can be a 
>detrimental effect when these lines become moist.  Roy Lewallen, 
>W7EL, has also written about this.

IMO, Wes is being rather modest. His work on what happens with window 
line when it gets wet (greatly increased loss) was published by ARRL 
in the Antenna Compendium Vol 6. That book also includes two 
excellent papers by Frank Witt. All three are "required reading," and 
well worth the price of the book ($23). 

73,

Jim Brown K9YC