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Old December 6th 05, 03:44 PM posted to rec.radio.amateur.antenna
Cecil Moore
 
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Default dipole and balun question

Bob Miller wrote:
You're losses on various bands may be pretty high with coax. That's
why most all-banders are fed with ladderline. Losses are lower. But
that's your choice.


Owen has a feedline loss calculator at: http://www.vk1od.net/tl/tllce.php
EZNEC (including the free demo version at www.eznec.com) can be used
to estimate the SWR to plug into the calculator.

For instance, 100 feet of RG-58a used on 14 MHz with an average SWR of 5:1,
loses ~4.7 dB, or ~66%.

To get the same loss with Wireman #554 ladder-line, the average SWR could
be allowed to equal 53:1.
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73, Cecil http://www.qsl.net/w5dxp