[Antennas] Why not twin lead?
Matt Meola
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21 Apr 2002 18:49:33 -0500
...on VHF?
According to the ARRL Antenna Book, any feed line that is an electrical
half-wavelength long will "reflect" the impedance at the feed point of
the antenna to the other end of the line. I believe that to be true.
OK, so the question, then, is: why not twin-lead for a 2m antenna? If
coax is so lossy at 146Mhz, then why do we not see more RS twin lead
feeding things like J-poles? Has anyone done this?
My own experiment had very poor results, but I'm definitely not
convinced that I didn't do something wrong.
I'm interested in any thoughts everyone might have...
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Matt Meola AF=D8D