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Old December 2nd 03, 09:48 PM
Howard N. Lute
 
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On Tue, 02 Dec 2003 20:01:35 GMT, "ASW" wrote:

Hi, I am going ot setup my own random/longwire.

I have alread about 50 feet of 50 Ohm RG-6 for the lead in.


I have about 50 feet of 2 conductor speaker wire, and about 200 feet of 4
conducter telephone wire.

First am I going to need a 9:1 transformer to make this work? My input is
supposed to be 50 Ohm.


Is a sloper omni directional? If not which end goes to what area I want to
listen to?

Thanks!
Ant


The slope points in the direction you wish to receive from. Simplify,
simplify...100 feet is fine and a lot easier to support over the life
of the antenna. No transformer is necessary.
H
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