[Elecraft] Antenna Question

[Vic Rosenthal]

One way to do it with a single piece of stiff coax is to place a standoff about a foot long above and below the rotor. Then form the coax into a spiral of several turns between the standoffs. Rotation will just tighten or loosen the spiral and not stress the coax at all. The standoffs also take the weight of the coax.

Vic 4X6GP

> On 11 Oct 2016, at 01:14, hsherriff at reagan.com wrote:
> 
> OK all. I'm installing a 6m rotating beam and feeding it with LMR400. Would you connect the LMR to the antenna and allow it to move with the rotation, or run a short length of something much more flexible between the antenna and LMR? I have my concerns that the solid heavy inner conductor of the LMR won't take much movement.
> 
> Harlan
> K4HES
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