[Hallicrafters] Advice sought on antenna cable type

[Barrie Smith]

I'd certainly second that recommendation.

Put up the longest piece of wire you can, feed it in the center with
open-wire line, use a truly balanced antenna tuner, then load up on any
band.

Works great for SWLing, too.

Probably the best source for the necessary balanced antenna tuner is on
Cebiks web page.

73, Barrie, W7ALW


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kevin J Ward" <kevin_ward at juno.com>
To: <hallicrafters at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Friday, October 03, 2003 1:40 PM
Subject: [Hallicrafters] Advice sought on antenna cable type


> Skip -
>
> Have you thought of the advantages of using twin-lead or open-wire line
> and a tuner?  The feedline would be much, much lighter, and would not
> drag the feedpoint of the antenna down nearly as much.  Less power would
> be lost in the feedline, the antenna would work well all across the band,
> and it would be useable on other bands as well.
>
> I have used homemade open wire line and have also used ordinary 300-ohm
> twin-lead.  The cheapest TV line available will easily handle the output
> of your HT-37.  Just remember to take a look in a Radio Amateur's
> Handbook and follow the recommendations there for reinforcing the
> feedpoint.  Coax is not the only feed-line.
>
> 73,
> Kevin  N2IE
>
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