The Army telephone cable (WD-1A) is probably a lot cheaper and
DX-Engineering now sells matching units for it. You can buy a 1/2 mile
of the telephone cable from Ebay for under $100.
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A simpler approach is to use RG6 (probably cheap even in KH6 land) and
the reversible setup described in ON4UN's book.
Grant KZ1W
On 10/5/2016 9:47 AM, Bill via TowerTalk wrote:
A quick question:
I'm considering a reversible Beverage out in KH6 using DX Engineering
setup. Their system requires the Beverage to be constructed of 450
ohm ladder line. Cost of the ladder line and the cost of shipping
1500 feet to KH6 is quite high. The system is designed to operate in
a range of 300-600 ohms and of course the 450 ohms is right in the
middle of that range.
I've heard of guys using two wires in parallel to each other spaced
6-12 inches kept apart with home brew spacers and was considering
this as an economical alternative. I asked the guy from
DX-Engineering if this would work and he wasn't sure since he didn't
know what the impedance would be for the two wires. So, here I am.
Any rough idea as to what the impedence would be for two nr 14 wires
spaced around 6 inches or 12 inches? I'd really like to use the DX
Engineering stufffor this but want to be sure it would work with
something other than the 450 ohm ladder line.
Thanks ahead of time!
Bill K4XS/KH7XS
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