Re: [IRCA] Antenna question

[Russ Edmunds <wb2bjh@xxxxxxxxx>]

--- Jim Pogue <jpogue@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 
> The question: When I attach the feedline at the end of the long wire,
> I will
> solder the coax center wire to the antenna wire. But what does one do
> with
> the braid or shield at the same location adjacent to the antenna
> wire?
> Should it be attached to anything, sealed over with black
> electrician's
> tape, or what? If I was putting up a dipole the answer would be easy,
> but
> I've never fed a long wire with coax before.
> 
>  
>


Ground it at both ends if you can. For that short a length, I don't
believe a matching transformer is needed unless there's a lot of
radiated electrical noise around.

Russ Edmunds
Blue Bell, PA ( 360' ASL )
[15 mi NNW of Philadelphia]
40:08:45N; 75:16:04W, Grid FN20id
<wb2bjh@xxxxxxxxx>
FM: Yamaha T-80 & Onkyo T-450RDS w/ APS9B @15'
AM: Hammarlund HQ-150 & 4' FET air core loop


 
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