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Old December 26th 07, 09:55 AM posted to rec.radio.shortwave
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Default The Verdict {One Man's Opinion} : Magnetic Longwire Balun IsTo...

On Dec 25, 5:28 pm, (HF propagation) wrote:
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- Does anyone use RF Systems MLB?
- Seems quite decent to me up here
- in NYC,despite all that urban rf hash.
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HF Propagation,

Yes - I use an RF Systems Magnetic Longwire Balun (MLB)
http://www.universal-radio.com/catalog/antsup/1484.html
http://www.rf-systems.nl/pdf/mlb.pdf
with a RG6 Coax Cable Feed-in-Line about 25 Feet Long
connected to a 100 Foot Long Horizontal Wire Antenna
made-up of Five 1/4 WL Element 5-Wire Flat TV Rotor
Cable Laid-Out : Feed-Point-End WSW to ENE Far-End
~39 Foot Feed-Point Apex and ~8 Feet Far-End; while
the Wire is Horizontal it does tapper-out closer to the
Ground as it approaches a Sloping Hill Side at the Far-End.