[Elecraft] ladderline and balun question

n5ge at n5ge.com n5ge at n5ge.com
Wed Jan 11 18:25:19 EST 2012


Now that you know change caused RF in the shack, why not just put it back like
it was?

73,
Tom
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On Wed, 11 Jan 2012 16:12:20 -0500 (EST), goldtr8 at charter.net wrote:

>Gents,
>
>I have a ladder line and balun question that I hope someone can guide me 
>thru.
>
>I had a good working antenna system with two antennas.  First being an 
>Alpha Delta Dipole and the second a 2WL 160m loop antenna at 40 ft in 
>the air strung in trees.  So the wire does touch the trees.
>
>Dipole is fed with coax and choked at the feed point and the loop was 
>fed with 60 ft of ladder line to a 1:1 current balun then 25ft coax to 
>the shack tuner.  Then the amp and radio.   This combination was working 
>real well no RF problems in the shack.
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