I am using a Cobra Senior with 100' 450 ohm ladderline run into a 1:9
balun then into a tower antenna switch then into the shack. Running a
kilowatt into the antenna.
Routing the ladderline is a pain!!
People local in the state tell me that
1. Ladder line does not radiate...
2. Ladder line does not receive...
apparently all it does is provide a factor to the antenna to get the
SWR down to a manageable amount.
is all this a bunch of hooey??
It would help me a LOT if I could either coil up about 50 feet of the
ladderline or just cut it off. I know one operator who just tosses it
out on the ground and has a superb signal from the Texas Hill country,
West of San Antonio into Houston. I would try it but I still think it
radiates and might burn my dog.
WHERE are the facts about ladderline??
thanks
chas, k5dam
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