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Old January 7th 09, 04:44 AM posted to rec.radio.amateur.antenna
Hal Rosser Hal Rosser is offline
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Default Installing a Ladder Line to the house

Some have tried using 1-ft lengths (or so) of PVC at the corners of the
house.
Cut a slot in one end of the PVC, put a nail-hole or two near the other
end - secure the line in the slot of the pvc using nylon ty-raps.

"James barrett" wrote in message
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I've read some Q&A about ladder line and I didn't see exactly my
question. I want to run 450 ohm ladder line into the house. my tuner
has a built-in balun for a ladder line so I think I can just run the
ladder line all the way to the tuner.

How do I physically attach the ladder line to the house? All I can
think of is to nail it right through the spacers onto the side of the
house. But I don't know if the nails will interfere with transmission
at all.

A second that comes to mind when considering this setup: if I run the
ladder line all the way to the tuner, how do I ground it?


Thanks,
kb1odg