Re: Topband: Inverted L Radials

2016-12-02 Thread Drew Vonada-Smith
I agree with the comments so far, and also that a 2:1 transmission line transformer is a good method.  But if you are in a hurry, here is an very easy approach.   Just use a hairpin match.  Mine was just some 1/8" copper tubing (but #8, 10 or #12 wire would be fine too) wound around a wine

Re: Topband: Beverage Feed-line Noise Pickup

2016-12-02 Thread Arthur Delibert
Bruce -- The coax isn't buried. A lot of it runs across a concrete pool deck, and then up to a second floor window, so no chance to bury it. For the 31-material snap-on chokes, I use 8 turns of RG-58-whatever through the center. See the illustrations in Jim Brown's piece for how to wind