[Elecraft] The "Kinda Random Antenna"

[Clay Autery]

Something doesn't seem right with that....  Care to post the math?  Not
saying you're wrong, and I'd check it myself, but I'm otherwise occupied
this evening.

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Clay Autery, KY5G
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On 1/31/2017 4:12 PM, Wes Stewart wrote:
> A 130' dipole, 60' high on 160 has a feed point Z of ~4.5 -j1200.  One
> hundred feet of Wireman 553 (typical ladderline) will transform this
> to ~7.5 +j16 at the input.  The total loss in this "low-loss" line is
> over 12 dB.
>