I agree. What K9CT and other large "distance to tower" contest stations
do. Intermediate supports, fragility, big birds, weather, tree falls,
... a lot will go wrong.
One thing I observed in the past (>3yrs ago) looking for surplus
hardline was that the larger diameters (>7/8) are sold at a bigger
discount. Connectors get expensive, but only two are needed.
A factor impacting the market is new cell towers don't use much hardline
any more, all the RF stuff is at the top in the antennas.
Grant KZ1W
On 5/16/2022 16:14, Wes wrote:
I would bite the bullet and put in some hardline. Messing with OWL and
baluns/transformers, etc. will be nothing but grief.
Wes N7WS
On 5/16/2022 3:39 PM, dave arruzza via TowerTalk wrote:
To all...
I have a new QTH and the towers for the monoband yagis will be 500-600
feet away from the shack.
I remember reading about utilizing 2 transformers and open wire line
to minimize loss.
One transformer at the tower base to transform the yagi coax to open
wire.
A run of open wire line to another transformer at the shack end.
Then coax to the shack.
I know that I can buy hardline to accomplish this but that becomes
costly.
73 Dave W1CTN / 4
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