[SOC] SOC - Feedline question

[Neal Enault]

Tom,

Splicing should not present any problems.  Just make a smooth
transition so there are no 'pigtails' sticking out that might cause a
blip in the impedance.

As far as the 'approximate' impedance, you can measure the conductor
diameters and the center-to-center spacing and calculate using info
from the Handbook or compare the dimensions to published data.

Neal WA6OCP

--- thom2 at att.net wrote:

> 
>  Hi gang,
>   It's certainly nice to be able to go someplace with a question like
> this.
> 
>   I have about 50 feet of 450 ohm (I think) ladder line.  I need
> about 75 to 100 feet for the antenna I'm planning (an inverted V). 
> My questions are:
> 
>     1)  Can I splice two pieces together for the feedline?
> 
>     2)  Is there any way to know that the piece I have is 450 ohms
> (I'm kinda assuming it is).
> 
> Anyway, thanks for providing a forum where I don't feel too
> embarrassed to ask questions of this nature (i.e. dumb).
> Tom
> WB2QDG
> 
> 
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