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Just something that can be used instead of coax that is not often thought about if all you have ever used is coax.
Radio ops in areas that do not have money to spend often use wire antennas and home made ladder line to feed it.
One big spool of wire and something non conductive to hold it apart is about the most economical feed line you can find.
The bonus is it is very low loss over long runs.
Lol
Years ago when I first started playing with CB radio and I first learned of coax and it's use and thought that if I did not put my signal down a coax "garden hose" with the shield around it all my signal would " leak out".
I thought how the hell could you feed something with open wire?
I learned like everyone else, it's fun.

Yep, they make adapters or you can just home brew.

73
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<blockquote data-quote="AudioShockwav" data-source="post: 784923" data-attributes="member: 6">Just something that can be used instead of coax that is not often thought about if all you have ever used is coax.Radio ops in areas that do not have money to spend&nbsp; often use wire antennas and home made ladder line to feed it.One big spool of wire and something non conductive to hold it apart is about the most economical feed line you can find.The bonus is it is very low loss over long runs.LolYears ago when I first started playing with CB radio and I first learned of coax and it&#039;s use and thought that if I did not put my signal down a coax &quot;garden hose&quot; with the shield around it all my signal would &quot; leak out&quot;.I thought how the hell could you feed something with open wire?I learned like everyone else, it&#039;s fun.Yep, they make adapters or you can just home brew.73Jeff[ATTACH=full]57470[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]57471[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]57472[/ATTACH]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="AudioShockwav, post: 784923, member: 6"] Just something that can be used instead of coax that is not often thought about if all you have ever used is coax. Radio ops in areas that do not have money to spend often use wire antennas and home made ladder line to feed it. One big spool of wire and something non conductive to hold it apart is about the most economical feed line you can find. The bonus is it is very low loss over long runs. Lol Years ago when I first started playing with CB radio and I first learned of coax and it's use and thought that if I did not put my signal down a coax "garden hose" with the shield around it all my signal would " leak out". I thought how the hell could you feed something with open wire? I learned like everyone else, it's fun. Yep, they make adapters or you can just home brew. 73 Jeff[ATTACH type="full"]57470[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full"]57471[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full"]57472[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]

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