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Topband: Use CAT6 as a feedline for you RX antenna

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Subject: Topband: Use CAT6 as a feedline for you RX antenna
From: "ve6wz@shaw.ca" <ve6wz@shaw.ca>
Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2025 23:25:02 +0000
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I uploaded a new YouTube video about using CAT6 as a feedline for receive 
antennas.
I show how to design and make passive transformers to match the 100 Ohm pairs.
I also describe a modification of my TI amplifier that I use from my BOGs to 
match the CAT6.

About 20 years ago I was using CAT5 for feedlines, so using twisted pairs is 
not new. It's been around a long time.
However, I'm expanding my phase Beverages arrays and feeding them with CAT 6 
helps consolidate feedlines and control voltages into fewer lines in the field.
It is possible to find some very tough, outdoor direct burial CAT6 that can 
work well.

https://youtu.be/i44PU8NJf1M

73, de steve ve6wz
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