Feeding Ladderline thru window
 

I have a vertical slide window in my ham shack. In order to feed my coax
fed antenna systems through it, I have made a 3/4" thick piece of partical
board, about 6" tall amd ,mounted a couple BNC feedthru adapters in it.
This works quite well for coax. The window frame itself is plastic.

I would like to use a balanced tuner in my shack, about 2 feet from the
window, and feed ladderline to my antenna.

Question: What is recommended to feed the ladderline through the
particle board? Could I just drill and mount a couple #6 brass bolts with
solder eyes on each side of the board and use it to connect ladder line, or
is something else recommended? Will this have any measurable effect on
efficiency?

Thanks.


Ed K7AAT

Ed wrote:
Question: What is recommended to feed the ladderline through the
particle board? Could I just drill and mount a couple #6 brass bolts with
solder eyes on each side of the board and use it to connect ladder line, or
is something else recommended? Will this have any measurable effect on
efficiency?

I use plexiglas instead of particle board. Banana plugs/sockets
mounted on the plexiglas work for me. As a benefit, when the
wind blows during a thunderstorm, the antenna unplugs itself.
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73, Cecil http://www.qsl.net/w5dxp


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On Fri, 18 Mar 2005 03:41:27 GMT, Ed
wrote:



I have a vertical slide window in my ham shack. In order to feed my coax
fed antenna systems through it, I have made a 3/4" thick piece of partical
board, about 6" tall amd ,mounted a couple BNC feedthru adapters in it.
This works quite well for coax. The window frame itself is plastic.

I would like to use a balanced tuner in my shack, about 2 feet from the
window, and feed ladderline to my antenna.

Question: What is recommended to feed the ladderline through the
particle board? Could I just drill and mount a couple #6 brass bolts with
solder eyes on each side of the board and use it to connect ladder line, or
is something else recommended? Will this have any measurable effect on
efficiency?

Thanks.


Ed K7AAT

I use a couple of big ceramic feedthrough insulators from Surplus
Sales of Nebraska. They're mounted on a board in the bottom of my
window. The slight impedance bump from the feedthrough bolts seems to
have no effect on the ladderline. The settings on the tuner were the
same before and after installing the feedthroughs.

In another recent thread some recommended using two pieces of coax to
feed ladderline through a wall or whatever.

Another idea would be two double-female so-239 feedthrough's, plugging
the ladderline into each center hole with banana plugs (banana plugs
fit the center hole in an so-239 just fine).

Bob
k5qwg



Bob
k5qwg

I use plexiglas instead of particle board. Banana plugs/sockets
mounted on the plexiglas work for me. As a benefit, when the
wind blows during a thunderstorm, the antenna unplugs itself.
--
73, Cecil http://www.qsl.net/w5dxp

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Cec, don't you feel disappointed you weren't struck by lightning after
the storm drifts away?
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Reg.

On Thu, 17 Mar 2005 21:48:13 -0600, Cecil Moore
wrote:

I use plexiglas instead of particle board. Banana plugs/sockets
mounted on the plexiglas work for me. As a benefit, when the
wind blows during a thunderstorm, the antenna unplugs itself.
--
73, Cecil http://www.qsl.net/w5dxp


That is clever. I wonder how well that would work using them in a
cobra head....hmmm.

lol,
--
73 for now
Buck
N4PGW

Reg Edwards wrote:
Cec, don't you feel disappointed you weren't struck by lightning after
the storm drifts away?

To the best of my knowledge, the only thing around my house
struck by lightning is a five foot tall live oak tree. With
antennas, towers, telephone poles, birdhouses, and 40 foot
tall trees all around, why did lightning choose to hit a
five foot tall tree? Killed half of it but the other half
is surviving.
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73, Cecil http://www.qsl.net/w5dxp


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Cecil,
I'm pretty sure that Plexiglass is a trade name for acrylic panels.
That stuff is not at all durable. On the othe hand, Lexan (trade
name) is polycarbonate, which is very durable. It is used in
bullet-resistance glass applications, and is ideal for replacing the
window panes as you suggest. That is what I'm doing in my daylight
basement shack. A couple of banana jacks make a pretty good
feed-through in my case, since part of the house overhangs the windows
down there.

By the way, The Home Depot here in Atlanta sells both kinds of panels.

regards,
Ted KX4OM

On Thu, 17 Mar 2005 21:48:13 -0600, Cecil Moore
wrote:

Ed wrote:
Question: What is recommended to feed the ladderline through the
particle board? Could I just drill and mount a couple #6 brass bolts with
solder eyes on each side of the board and use it to connect ladder line, or
is something else recommended? Will this have any measurable effect on
efficiency?

I use plexiglas instead of particle board. Banana plugs/sockets
mounted on the plexiglas work for me. As a benefit, when the
wind blows during a thunderstorm, the antenna unplugs itself.

[stuff cut]

Another idea would be two double-female so-239 feedthrough's, plugging
the ladderline into each center hole with banana plugs (banana plugs
fit the center hole in an so-239 just fine).

What is a "banana plug". I've seen it mentioned a few times but haven't
a clue.

Jerry

Jerseyj wrote:
What is a "banana plug". I've seen it mentioned a few times but haven't
a clue.

They are the connectors on the ends of your Simpson meter
leads. They have four springs that ensure a wiping action
and a snug fit in the sockets.
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73, Cecil http://www.qsl.net/w5dxp


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A Google search for "banana plug" brought about 67,000 hits. The very
first one has lots of pictures. I'll bet more than a few of the others
do, too.

Roy Lewallen, W7EL

Jerseyj wrote:

What is a "banana plug". I've seen it mentioned a few times but haven't
a clue.

Jerry