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   I used Plastic twinlead instead of open wire ladderline    
   It was made 30 years ago.   
   I think the tubing (plastic pipe) is 1/2" plastic waterline.   
   The inside of the pipe is big enough to hold the twinlead.   
      
   To get the twinlead into the pipe I put a length of string through the pipe   
   (think I had a small weight on the end to help drop it through to the bottom),   
   took the weight off andtied the string to the plastic twinlead so I could pull   
   it through the pipe.   
   I don't recall if the coax was attached directly to the twinlead or if there   
   was some kind of Balun made to match the coax to the 300 Ohm twinlead.   
      
   I remember long ago folding up some twinlead to make a balun for another   
   antenna, I just can't recall if there is a balun inside the J-Pole tubing    
   Hmm, after looking in my ARRL Antenna manual a out baluns insted of the   
   twinlead being folded it probably was a piece of coax I coiled up to match    
   a folded dipple yearsago.   
   Old age is rough, but once a LID always a LID.   
      
   Ed   
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