Den oprindelige hjemmelavede hønsestige havde to (isolerede) ledninger holdt i rette afstand af porcelænpinde og her kan ligheden med en [[hønsestige]] erkendes.<ref name="ARRL2">{{cite book   
  | last = Straw
  | first = R. Dean, Ed.
  | author-link = 
  | title = The ARRL Antenna Book, 19th Ed.
  | publisher = American Radio Relay League
  | year = 2000
  | location = USA
  | pages = 24.16–17
  | url = 
  | doi = 
  | id = 
  | isbn = 0-87259-817-9}}</ref><ref name="QST2">{{cite journal|last=Ford|first=Steve|date=december 1993|title=The Lure Of Ladder Line|journal=QST|publisher=ARRL|url=http://www.w6ier.org/images/The%20Lure%20of%20Ladder%20Line.pdf|access-date=16. september 2011|archive-date=11. marts 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120311071255/http://www.w6ier.org/images/The%20Lure%20of%20Ladder%20Line.pdf|url-status=bot: unknown}}</ref><ref name="qst">{{cite journal|last=Danzer|first=Paul|date=april 2004|title=Open Wire Feed Line—A Second Look|journal=QST|publisher=ARRL|url=http://www.cqham.ru/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=35851&d=1244391020|access-date=16. september 2011|archive-date= 1. juli 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170701002851/http://www.cqham.ru/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=35851&d=1244391020|url-status=bot: unknown}}</ref>
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