Hi Lyell and all, I left out the part about using a short, 14 inch piece of RG8X that has 6 ferrite beads on it. An RF choke. A PL259 on one end for the tuner connection and aligator clips on the other end to clip to the leads of the 300 ohm line. I also carry a 25 ft length of RG8X with PL259 connectors on either end which I barrel connect to the RF choke if it happens that the antenna must be installed more than 44 feet from the tuner. Yes, you can also connect the 300 ohm feed line directly to the K2 as you describe. The nature of the parallel feed line cancels any radiation from itself. 73, Joe, aa4nn ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------ Question. Do you use a BALUN before the tuner? or does the K2 'float' between the two antenna halves - connecting one side to the K2 antenna hot lead and the other side to ground. I assume that the twinlead is used as a part of the radiating antenna. Lyell k6gvm nnn0agn
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