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Antenna Flat Styled Wire
Does anyone know where you can still find some of that old 1970's-1980's flat brown two wire antenna wire that you use to hook up the antenna to the TV? I know it's not nearly as good as the newer coax cable I guess but would like to have some to make my Antenna and older tv setup more nostalgic like it was when I was growing up watching TV.
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There's someone on ebay selling four 6' pieces w/spade ends for 2.50 w/3.50 shipping. They seem okay for indoor use.
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Do a search and you'll come across some too. Most of the later twin lead wire was foam or heavy insulated. I prefer the cheap brown colored stuff when I can find it for making dipoles with and lead in wire repair on older sets.
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Called 300 ohm twin-lead. As said most is heavy foam lead.
A little digging & should be able to find a spool, even the more retro thin stuff. It does have the advantage of less loss especially at UHF, also cheaper than coax. We used it in problem UHF installs when the customer was too cheap to by an amp. 73 Zeno |
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Milwaukee was a UHF town from 1953, so there was a lot of outdoor antenna installations. A VHF conical and a UHF corner reflector. Two lines running down to the set. A flat 300 ohm from the VHF antenna and a tubular 300 ohm from the UHF antenna. |
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I am looking for the retro thin stuff. We used to have it up but threw it away when they went to coax cable. Don't know where to find that retro thin stuff. I can find the newer but haven't seen the retro flat brown stuff.
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I also picked up a B-T 300 ohm distribution amp. |
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Thing is you gotta be careful running it near metal. It will also pick up interference. When using coax you also have to go from 300-75 at the antenna then back to 300 at the TV. The transformers on both ends added more loss, a few db but it adds up on a long run. We were 25-50 mi from our UHF's with lots of hills & white pines killing the signal. Some would even top a pine for a UHF antenna tower. The Bruins & later the Sox were on U so it was a big deal pre cable. At the time they were selling the old ribbon cable, foam lead which we used, a round twin lead & shielded twin lead. 73 Zeno |
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