Thanks very much. What balun do you use? a 1/1, 4/1 etc.
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From: "Ron Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, July 22, 2012 12:47 PM
Subject: Re: Ling wire kits for hf
> Hi Jerry,
> The end of the zip cord where both conductors are together is the end you
> connect to the balun. Just separate the conductors, unzipping them for a
> few
> inches, strip the ends of the wires, tin them and attach them to the
> balun.
> Run a piece of coax as a jumper between your balun and the rig and your on
> the air. If your rig doesn't have an auto tuner, you can use an external
> antenna tuner that has the two conductors for twin-lead. This tuner will
> also already have a built-in balun which is normally used to tune the
> antenna attached to the twin-lead.
>
> 73
>
> Ron Miller
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> On Behalf Of Gerry Leary
> Sent: Sunday, July 22, 2012 7:39 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Ling wire kits for hf
>
> Which end do you load? and on the end where both conductors are together
> do
> you short them?
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ron Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Saturday, July 21, 2012 11:21 AM
> Subject: Re: Ling wire kits for hf
>
>
>> Hi Robert,
>> Below is the info I posted previously.
>>
>> Though this hasn't been mentioned in the recent threads, I've found
>> the no counterpoise antenna and 20 foot crappie pole combo to work
>> well. The shorter version is 25 feet of zip cord (two conductor
>> insulated wire) you can split the two conductors apart from one end to
>> the 12.5 foot point and remove the 12.5 foot section of one conductor
>> thus freed. The goal is to end up with zip cord with a 25 foot
>> conductor and a 12.5 foot conductor. I load this quite successfully
>> through a 4-1 balun into my IC-703+ It will work from 6-20 meters and
>> requires no counterpoise. If you don't want to split the zip cord and
>> remove half of one conductor, you can remove a few inches of one of
>> the conductors, creating the necessary 12.5 foot wire, just be sure to
>> make a gap big enough to ensure no coupling. You can make longer
>> versions to be able to load lower bands, the technique is the same,
>> simply remove 1/2 of one of the conductors and make it 50 feet, 100
>> feet, etc. My plan is to make a 50-foot version as an inverted l so
>> that I can try it on 40-meters and I'd really like to try a 100-foot
>> version and see how it works on 80. This is, as I understand it,
>> another twist on the end-fed zepp.
>>
>> Ron Miller
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: For blind ham radio operators
>> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>> On Behalf Of Robert C
>> Sent: Saturday, July 21, 2012 11:09 AM
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Re: Ling wire kits for hf
>>
>> Ron,
>> I am afraid I did not read that. No counterpoise?
>>
>> Quote of the nanosecond...
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>> On 7/20/2012 11:35 PM, Ron Miller wrote:
>>> The no counterpoise antenna I described earlier works well for this
>>> application.
>>>
>>> Ron Miller
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: For blind ham radio operators
>>> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>>> On Behalf Of Robert C
>>> Sent: Friday, July 20, 2012 2:47 PM
>>> To: [log in to unmask]
>>> Subject: Ling wire kits for hf
>>>
>>> Ran into a local ham who suggested I find a long wire antenna kit
>> and
>>> just toss it out the window, Well maybe not quite that simple. But,
>>> if I can pick up anything while waiting for a more permanent
>>> solution, why
>> not?
>>>
>>> Any sellers on eBay who sell good kits? Or other sources? Thanks.
>>>
>>> Quote of the nanosecond...
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