[Hallicrafters] Advice sought on antenna cable type

[Ian Szekeres]

I'm about to do exactly this, as my matchbox just arrived today.  I was
wondering before cutting my feedline to some random length, if anyone could
give some general length to start with.  I will be feeding a 60ft doublet at
15ft. with 300 ohm twinlead and plan to work 40/20/15/10m. I am going to be
using a matchbox as a tuner into my ht-32b.  It is a relatively short run to
the shack (20-25 ft) and I am just looking for a ballpark number or lengths
to stay away from.  Any tips on using a matchbox with the 32b would also be
appreciated.

Thanks
--ian
KB9TQO

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Barrie Smith" <barrie at centric.net>
To: <hallicrafters at mailman.qth.net>; "Kevin J Ward" <kevin_ward at juno.com>
Sent: Friday, October 03, 2003 7:40 PM
Subject: Re: [Hallicrafters] Advice sought on antenna cable type


> 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
>
>