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Re: [TowerTalk] 75 or 70 Ohm twinlead or ladderline cable - does it exis

To: donhall161 <donhall161@sbcglobal.net>
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] 75 or 70 Ohm twinlead or ladderline cable - does it exist?
From: Dan Hearn <n5ardxcc@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2014 17:41:35 -0700
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Hi Don: I remember 75 ohm twinlead built specifically for RF use. It used
rather large stranded wire  quite close spaced. It was rather stiff and the
plastic coating was not the stuff used in Zip cord. I believe it was
capable of running quite high power

73, Dan, N5AR


On Mon, Mar 24, 2014 at 2:03 PM, donhall161 <donhall161@sbcglobal.net>wrote:

> Way back in the day "zip cord" was the common name for AC line cord.
> Brown, parallel conductors.
>
> Yes, it was sometines used as a feed line. As K9YC indicated there was a
> product sold as 75 transmission line.
>
> 73  Don  K5AQ
> (licensed in 1948, loooong ago!)
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