On Thu, 08 Jan 2004 09:33:25 -0500, Stef
wrote:

ok, you're right but the coax choke is still attached right next to
your tuner isn't it? it's not 7 or 8 ft away from it? It shouldn't be
...

The coax choke hangs just outside the window, so I don't have to bring
the ladderline into the shack. About 5 or 6 feet of rg-8x run inside
to the antenna tuner. The whole setup tunes a 44-ft dipole fine on 30m
thru 10M.

I'm not aware of what effect that short length of coax would have.

Bob
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