Hi Mike,
If you must use a single ground rod for multiple Beverages, the
ONLY active connections to the ground rod should be the
connections to the selected Beverage. All other connections
to that ground rod should be disconnected.
You should use only hermetically sealed relays f or outdoor use
on receiving antennas
73
Frank
W3LPL
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Cizek W0VTT" <mgcizek@gmail.com>
To: topband@contesting.com
Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2016 1:14:15 PM
Subject: Re: Topband: : Re: 1 center point to ground all 8 beverages??
If using this method for a pair of two- wire beverages, all FOUR ground
wires would need to be switched individually, not 2 and 2? Will simple SPST
relays work or do they need to be RF rated? Thank you.
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73,
Mike Cizek WØVTT
-----Original Message-----
From: Topband [mailto:topband-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of
K1FZ-Bruce
Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2016 08:09
To: topband@contesting.com
Subject: Topband: : Re: 1 center point to ground all 8 beverages??
----- Forwarded message from K1FZ-Bruce -----
Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2016 09:04:06 -0400
From: K1FZ-Bruce
Reply-To: k1fz@myfairpoint.net
Subject: Topband: Fwd: Re: 1 center point to ground all 8 beverages??
To: Topband
I agree. We have been thinking of switching at the coax cable location.
Will need to correct my Beverage notes page.
The W4ZV and W3LPL method will work.
73
Bruce-K1FZ
www.qsl.net/k1fzbeverage_antenna.html
http://www,qsl.net/k1fz/beverage_antenna.html
----- Forwarded message from Bill Tippett -----
Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2016 05:19:48 -0400
From: Bill Tippett
Reply-To: Bill Tippett
Subject: Re: Topband: 1 center point to ground all 8 beverages??
To: topband
W3LPL:
>Another solution is to use
relays to connect only the selected Beverage to the ground rod
and disconnect the other seven.
I've done this for 31 years from 3 different locations with no problems.
From a 2011 post on this subject:
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