A table I looked at suggested that on 7 MHz loss for RG8X would be less than 1 db for a 100 foot run of it. When dealing with a resonant dipole on the lower HF bands feedline loss is not a big issue. I would not consider using open wire feed for such an antenna (unless I wanted to operate on non-resonant bands with that same antenna). I'm not sure I would even bother with any sort of choke or balun. I would not expect RF in the shack or noise problems. If those issues did appear, then I might look into chokes/baluns. 73/72 - Mike WA8BXN Happy New Year all! ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net
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