On Sat, 25 Apr 2009 10:58:52 -0700, Phil Kane <[email protected]> wrote:
>On 4/25/2009 9:05 AM, Mike C wrote: > >> This past winter I was given a new 500-foot reel of RG6 dual coax >> w/messenger. > >> My extensive searching has not uncovered any transmitting >> applications for this coax. > > One of our local gurus, the late Judge Greg Milnes, W7OZ, fed > the HF antennas on his three 100-foot-plus towers with 75 ohm > "hardline" that he, probably like yourself, got from a local > cable company that was surplussing it. It survived his > "loafing along" 1500-watt amplifier output with no problems. The > 1.5:1 SWR was easily tuned out. > I also used the cable co. hardline in the 80's, but I built a transformer for each end of the coax. It worked very well. The transformers were in a QST article, because their was so much of that type of coax available back then. Check the back issues of QST for "CTV Coax" and you'll probably find a lot of articles regarding the use of that coax. 73, Tom, N5GE K3 #806, K3 #1055 XV144, XV432 W1 and other small kits. http://www.n5ge.com ______________________________________________________________ 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
