Craig,
Great looking toward the large circular arrays. Getting to be a popular
item. Must be a hoot to switch it around in a contest.
Two of my antennas are Beverage using WD-1A. One a two direction BOG and
the other a two direction 9 ft above ground. I Like the wire as it is tough
and survives well. Doesn't break easily, stretch or droop.
Lot of users. The published resistance figures are for one mile. My two
wire BOG is
200 feet long & do not see noticeable loss. It is tough stuff and 'tough on
the fingers' to splice. Yikes
Yes, Some have galvanized steel strands, so they are more conductive than the
steel ones. The Field Manual FM-24-20 dated
May 1960 is a good reference
Merry Christmas,
73
Bruce-K1FZ
www.qsl.net/k1fz/beveragenotes.html
Excert
Repair was slightly more difficult as WD1A has seven wires, four
are tinned copper and three are galvanized steel. Luckily, I was a Signal
Corps guy and had training on how splice WD1 and it carried over to the new
wire.
FWIW, WD1 was the larger, twisted telephone wire that was used in the old
tip and ring phone systems. The new WD1A was designed to be used with the
digitally switched phone systems that came on line around the time I left
active duty.
That said, it has been stated by a number of Top Notch 160 DX'ers, you can
never have enough receiving antennas.
Long term, I need to find a place on my property to install either an 8
element array or Kaufman's nine element iteration. I also will reinstall a
NW-SE and NE-SW WD1A Beverages. All it takes is time.
73 Craig K1QX
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