It sounds like you are planning to feed a single wire in the center with 450 ohm ladder line so there will be standing waves on the feed line.
In that case it's *always* more efficient to bring the parallel wire feed line all the way to the rig and avoid the use of 50-ohm coaxial line in the system. How much depends upon the SWR, which varies widely with frequency, and the length of the coax, but you can lose half of your power, or more, in a coax link with high SWR. 73, Ron AC7AC -----Original Message----- Hello Everyone! I am planning on building a multi-band dipole fed with 450 Ohm ladder line soon. I have a K1 & K2, both with the ATU's installed, and the BL2 switchable balun. I was wondering if I could connect the balun directly to the back of the K1/K2 when I use this antenna? My other option would be to use one of my 18" foot RG8X jumpers between the rig and the balun. I know someone here has done it, or at least knows whether this will work or not. I am also posting this question to QRP-L, so I apologize if you see this message twice. Thanks ES 73, David KC9EHQ ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
