In rec.radio.amateur.homebrew Michael Black wrote:
On Tue, 16 Sep 2014, Jeefaw K. Effkay wrote:

On 16/09/2014 16:53, Jerry Stuckle wrote:

Ah, heck - don't make it so easy. A REAL HAM would mine and smelt his
own ore (using a garden trowel and blowtorch). He would create his own
insulating material from raw materials (bakelite would probably be
easiest), and finally shape and assemble the final product.

A real ham wouldn't make coaxial connectors.

A real ham would be using a link-coupled output from his PA, to a balanced
transmission line.

And you can certainly make ladder line yourself, once you figure out
something for the spacers. I doubt anyone's ever made coax at home.

Michael

I've made short lengths of rigid, air dielectric coax for UHF projects
from hobby store brass tubing on several occasions.



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Jim Pennino