Hi, gang,
Thinking about Beverage ant possibilities...and I have a single day -- 12-24-21
-- on which to do the bulk of whatever has to be done. One more day of
40-degree WX, then into the deep freeze...
Along the shared border, my neighbor has a 300-400 foot run of no-longer-used
barbed wire fence (with lotsa discontinuities) made from the usual T-posts.
Can I add a wire (or two) to the top of the post? That would put the wire about
40 inches above ground, and I could probably use inexpensive "snap on" T-post
wire insulators.
Would it be better to add 1-2 feet of "extension dowels" to the post tops? More
time and expense for a rapid-deployment Beverage?
The fence line runs NE-SW, and I can connect coax to the NE end, or I can
"intercept" the fence line at 1/3 of the run (referenced to the NE end).
Ground is frozen here, so ground rods are impossible (maybe just difficult if a
drill and a BFH are used!), but I can lay down a couple radials "in line" with
the fence/Beverage, and I could lay down a "mat" made from galvanized chicken
wire until Spring on "my side" of the fence.
To get bidirectional performance I would need two wires, right? And if so, do
those wires need to be side by side, or would an "over/under" arrangement work?
How much separation is required?
I would run the wires and handle the radials now so I could build a coax /
transformer connector box (indoors) that I could install in a few days, when
the WX will be "real winter."
Or, just wait until Spring?
Thanks :)
--Kirk, NT0Z
My book, "Stealth Amateur Radio," is now available from www.stealthamateur.com
and on the Amazon Kindle (soon)
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