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Ron Walters wrote in
t.net: .... 3. Coil about 40' near the 4:1 balun, however I am concerned that the coiled feed line will act a one big inductor and change and or significantly reduce the antenna efficiency. #3 is the easiest but I am worried about open wire feed-line coiled, thoughts please! If you coil the transmission line so that the distance between turns is much greater than the distance between the conductors, you will not significantly alter its differential mode operation (which is its main purpose in most antenna systems). You will alter the common mode current distribution, probably for the better. Remember that some folk use common mode chokes in systems using open wire feeder, and you will create a common mode choke by coiling the line as I described. You could suspend the coil on a roughly horizontal span of nylon fishing line to support and space the turns. Owen |
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