[Antennas] zip line

Mon, 8 Apr 2002 20:53:43 -0400

Ahhhhh.... waxing nostalgic in my old age... 8)
My first radio(s) were kit built a long long time ago (I was only 10 at the
time). 'Zip' cord was just replacing fabric covered lamp cords and could be
purchased bulk at about a penny a foot at any hardware store.
I do remember making both dipoles and random length antennas from
zip-cord. - drove my parents nuts to have brown cord up the wall and running
over the tops of doors into two or three rooms.
It did work great as an antenna - just screwed the ends to the two terminals
on a the radio and mated to an RCA plug for a 10M Tx. Later on I did work
10M on a few longer zip cord dipoles. However, I needed to use a homebrew
matcher made from an old hallicrafters tuner - and was able to get to only
about 2.5:1 on 10W. There was just not enough length to a four room NYC
apartment.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Joe Falcone" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, April 08, 2002 8:04 PM
Subject: [Antennas] zip line
> I believe that the slang name of regular 117 volt lamp cord is called "zip
cord." The kind where you have two parallel wires carrying the power. I
once read that it can be used as balanced line and is about 50 ohms. I
believe that in Joe Carr's antenna book he said you could use zip cord out
to where you wanted your dipole and then just rip it down the middle and
create a dipole.
>> Anyone have experience with the lamp cord antenna line?
>> Joe. N8TI.
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