[Lowfer] LF Travail II

[J. B. Weazle McCreath]

Hello Peter, Lowfers,

>Hopefully this is my last bark under this rubric.  But another screw-up
came
>to light yesterday.  Lesson learned hard way: "A short-terminated twisted
>pair feedline is still a feedline, no way an antenna."

Would this twisted pair have been some Cat5 ?  I tried using some on my big
untuned delta loop,  (just 1 of the 4 pairs) but I found that I had better
signal
strength with the RG-6U CATV cable that was already in place.

I buy my RG-6U from the local cable company, who tend to regard lengths
of less than 200 feet as "waste".  At $0.20/ft. for 100% shielded and self-
healing if nicked, it's a feedline that's cheap and effective.

73, J.B., VE3EAR - VE3WZL
Solar and wind powered
Lowfer " EAR"  188.830
EN93dr

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