Hi Richard,

OK, I will install the ladder line to the loop without embellishment first, then see
how it performs in the specific locale then go from there.

Bill

Richard Clark wrote:

On Sun, 18 Apr 2004 02:48:58 GMT, zeno wrote:
Is this something I can incorporate
into the hardware system at the antenna feedpoint where I will be attaching the two
ends of my loop to the ladder line?

Hi Bill,

Feedline chokes are principally designed for the nature of coax which
is unbalanced by design. Ladder line is presumably balanced and thus
resists noise pickup of local origin. However, the balance is
strictly a matter of its load, and if either end of the line meets an
unbalance, the whole system is off balance and noise can intrude
through what is called "the common mode." As such, balance is a very
local thing that only you can determine through performance.

I imagine that a loop would be harder to unbalance; but dipoles,
especially low ones, are very susceptible.

73's
Richard Clark, KB7QHC