[OKDXA] Balanced Line Feed

[Coy Day]

Jerry,

Have you used that tuner with ballanced line before?  I think I would
check it out.  If you have a 4:1 balun try it hooked to the ladder line
and tune it with the unbalanced coax output of the tuner.

Coy
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Coy Day, N5OK
20685 SW 29
Union City, OK 73090
405-483-5632

Jerry Chouinard wrote:
> Some input requested on what we might be doing incorrectly.
>
> We just unwrapped a Wireman CQ881 and installed per the single sheet
> instructions.  It uses ladder line and this is the first time I have
> employed such.
>
> Using a Vectronix tuner ( fairly capable device ) I tied the ladder line
> to
> the balanced posts and proceeded to try and find a signal.  Very puny
> signals, a HamStik sitting on the ground blew this wire antenna away.
>
> The CQ881 uses 133' of stranded copper wire which is cut in half and
> attached to a provided center insulator.  End insulators were attached and
> the ladder line is attached as noted to the each wire ( much like you
> would
> do a Vee or Dipole ).
>
> We hoisted the assembly up on a 50' steel pole making sure none of the
> wire
> was touching the pole.  Tied the ends off with nylon rope.  The whole
> thing
> does resemble a Vee.  Tied the ladder line to the tuner and just pitiful
> signals if any at all.  Running the tuner thru it's paces we did manage to
> "peak" a few signals but the HamStik was MUCH better.  A 59 signal on the
> HamStik was 33 on the CQ881.
>
> Dang if we can figure out what the deal is.  We think there should at
> least
> be some decent receive as a coat hanger would produce better signals.
>
> Any sage advice on these types of antennas?  It's a biggun that spans
> quite
> a bit of territory - figured we could at least hear with it.
>
> K5YAA
>
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