Owen Duffy wrote:
Using TLDETAILS to work up a load of 16+j0 on 100m of Wireman551
ladder-line at 30MHz, the predicted VSWR varies between 25 at the load
end and a very modest 6.5 at the generator end, yet the predicted loss
is around 6dB. Some might not find that an acceptable loss.

If 100m (325 feet) of ladder-line results in 6dB loss, then a more
realistic 75 feet of ladder-line will result in about 1.4 dB of loss.
That's only 1/4 of an S-unit on the highest frequency HF band and less
on the other bands. That's perfectly acceptable to me and virtually
indistinguishable on an S-meter.

If you have to resort to 325 feet of ladder-line on 30 MHz to try
to prove me wrong, I feel really sorry for you. Why didn't you choose
a million feet to prove me even more wrong? It appears that you are
lurking there in the down under outback just waiting for me to forget
to cross an 'i' or dot a 't'.
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73, Cecil http://www.qsl.net/w5dxp