Ken, K5WK wrote:
(Refering to a DX Engineering receiving 4-square)
Thanks for the responses. Some off line, not everyone is crazy about it -
as expected. (I am considering the ARAV-4P version -- I really don't want
to
> face the effort for a full scale T/R setup since some radials would go
> thru wooded areas.)
...snip...
A beverage would be only about 480 feet long, IMHO too short.
Ken K5WK
OM Ken & fellow Topbanders,
I would not sell a 480 foot Beverage short. They work. Especially if
covered with plastic insulation, the velocity factor is close to 10 percent
vs. 5 percent for bare or enamelled wire, so the antenna is about one
wavelength (WL) long on 160 and two WL's on 80.
I have worked some very rare 160 meter DX using single wire one WL beverages
in the 450 - 500 foot range with vinyl insulation.
73 & GL George K8GG
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