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Re: [TenTec] installing ladder line

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Subject: Re: [TenTec] installing ladder line
From: Steve Hunt <steve@karinya.net>
Reply-to: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment <tentec@contesting.com>
Date: Sun, 07 Nov 2010 22:09:58 +0000
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Ladderline behaves differently from coax, and there might be a small impedance "bump" if you turn it abruptly through 90 degrees; however, in many ladderline applications that wont matter. It certainly wont be an issue if you are using the ladderline to feed a multiband doublet.

Unlike coax, a ladderline's RF field is not contained totally within the cable, so you should keep it away from parallel conducting materials; a safe distance is 3-4 times the ladderline wire separation.

73,
Steve G3TXQ

On 07/11/2010 20:36, Vince Santis wrote:
Can 450 ohm ladder line be bent at 90 degrees around obstructions?

Vince Santis, N1vs

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