I made some ladder line last year. It works well, but was very time
consuming. I now buy it.

I purchased wire "staples" These are plastic bridges with holes for nails.
You pull out the nails and install your feed line.

There is a photo of a 1/2 inch section at this URL.

http://user.mc.net/~jdewey/Ham_radio...ding_relay.jpg

I used larger staples for my main feed line.

http://user.mc.net/~jdewey/Ham_radio/doublet.jpg

John
KA9CAR



"Bob Miller" wrote in message
...
On Tue, 30 Mar 2004 19:52:50 -0000, Larry Gagnon
wrote:

Hello to all. I intend to erect an 80 meter full size dipole and feed
it with homebrew open ladder line. Would anyone care to reply as to how
to construct ladder line easily and effectively? How does one determine
spacing to get X ohms impedance line?

Also any ideas on how such line can easily be fed in through a window
with a wood frame would be greatly appreciated.

Larry Gagnon VE7EA

As an alternative, you can try the website for w7fg. He makes and
sells open ladder line, as well as dipoles with the ladder line
attached.

bob
k5qwg