Ford,
Check out my website: www.erols.com/n3rr
Click on "All design links" then "Cabling subsystem".
You don't say what frequency you're interested in, but the tables in the
cabling subsystem webpage go from 1.8 MHz to 1296 MHz, so that should cover
you (hopefully).
73,
Bill, N3RR
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ford Peterson" <ford@cmgate.com>
To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, May 09, 2002 11:49 PM
Subject: [Towertalk] Distance to tower
> My antenna was destroyed last weekend. Bummer. Oh well, time to rebuild.
>
> I'm thinking about 160' of Rohn 45. A 40 - 10 meter yagi will sit at the
> top.
>
> Here's my problem. The ideal location is in a field on the west end of
the
> property. Feedlines will be > 400' to shack #1 and over 600' to shack 2.
> Open lines are awfully bulky and would have to be strung over driveways,
> etc.
>
> Is this manageable with coax? Am I looking at preamps and hardline as the
> only option?
>
> I'm looking for ideas.
>
> Ford-N0FP
> ford@cmgate.com
>
>
>
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