I have had good results with the W7FG (SK) open wire line. It is well made and performs well. If you want a true open wire line that is already made up, give this a try. It is sold today through www.trueladderline.com. I have no affiliation with this company; I just like the feed line.
73, Phil, NS7P -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]on Behalf Of Monty Shultes Sent: Tuesday, March 17, 2009 8:14 AM To: w2bvh; [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: Re: [Elecraft] OT Wet 450 ohm ladder line I use open wire feeder for my center-fed antenna. It is #14 wire separated by plastic 4-inch spacers. It is effective and does not lose much, if anything, when wet. Monty K2DLJ > I find the antenna system loses a *lot* of its effectiveness when the > ladder line is wet. As a guess I'd say a half or more of the received > signal strength is lost (and , I suppose, similarly for transmit) when > the line is wet.. > > When not wet its a very effective component in my antenna system. I've > been using a 131' center fed Zepp with ladder line and Cecil Moore's > (W5DXP) "non-tuner" for about 10 years and am very pleased with the > results. See http://www.w5dxp.com/notuner.htm for details. > > 73, > Lenny W2BVH > > > Geoffrey Mackenzie-Kennedy wrote: >> >> Geoff >> GM4ESD ______________________________________________________________ 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 ______________________________________________________________ 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
