[Lowfer] Makeshift lowFER receiving antenna

[LEE BAHR]

JB:

YES!!!  I meant to say RG-6 and not RG-11.  I wired my lake house with it 
and have some left over.  I had purchased a 500 foot spool.  Probably have 
100 foot left over.
Thanks,

lee, w0vt


> Hi Lee, Lowfers,
>
> I use good quality RG-6U coax that I buy from the local cable company
> for 20 cents per foot.  This is the stuff with high density braid as well 
> as
> an aluminum foil wrap over top.  It also has a very gooey, self-sealing
> substance between the outer jacket and the foil.  If the jacket gets a
> nick in it, this goo will seal it up again.  I use the compression style 
> of
> F connectors, installed with the proper hand tool.  Every one of my
> runs, either to or from the LF antennas, uses that cable/connector
> arrangement and I've had no problems with either.
>
> 73, J.B., VE3EAR - VE3WZL
> Solar and wind powered
> Lowfer " EAR"  188.830
> EN93dr
>
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