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Old August 24th 04, 10:25 PM
Paul Keinanen
 
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On Tue, 24 Aug 2004 06:36:26 -0700, "Micro MegaWatt"
wrote:

Had an E-Mail as to where to buy ladder line -- 72 or 75 ohm for antenna
feeder


Getting a _balanced_ feeder at such low impedance levels is quite
challenging, since a typical twisted pair (e.g.CAT5) would be in the
100-120 ohm range.

You _might_ get something in the balanced 50-75 ohm range by getting a
quad-pair cable and connecting the diagonally opposite conductors
together. Thus, if the original pair had an impedance of 140-150 ohms,
the two pars in the quad-pair cable would give 70-75 ohms.

Paul OH3LWR