Jerry,
Yes, I'm sure. According to the VK1OD on-line calculator, at 3.8 MHz
100m of RG213 with 14-j1 as a load has a loss of 1.9dB; 100m of Wireman
551 with 14-j1 as the load has a loss of 3.1dB. I'm not saying the
difference is particularly significant - I'm just pointing out that
ladderline is not always lower loss than coax - it depends on the load
impedance.
Incidentally, be wary of those ARRL charts which tell you what the
"excess loss" is for a particular VSWR - they are approximations. There
are some particular situations where a 1:1 VSWR produces more loss than
with a higher VSWR. here's an example:
Take 15ft of RG213 with a load of 100+j100. At 3.8 MHz the loss with
this 4.3:1 VSWR is 0.025dB, whereas the matched loss is over twice this
at 0.055dB. I know these are ridiculously small losses, but I'm just
illustrating the fallacy of thinking you can add a fixed "extra loss"
figure for some particular VSWR value.
73,
Steve G3TXQ
Dr. Gerald N. Johnson wrote:
> Are you sure? Using data and formulae in the 1994 ARRL Antenna Book, I
> see 100' of RG213 has 0.6 dB loss at 4 MHz when matched, and 1.066 dB
> with a 3.6:1 SWR. 1" spaced window line has 0.027 dB (had to stretch the
> loss chart by a factor of ten for that line) per 100' matched and 0.41
> dB loss with the SWR of 32:1.
>
>
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