Dave,
I have been using the 2-wire Beverages for 3 years with great
success. I do not find any discrepancy between Misek's description of the
matching transformer connections and receive direction and what John has in
his. However, my edition of Misek's book is the 1st.
On page 11, Figure 4, of the Misek book Pattern A, seen at coax A
which is connected to the Tranformer A, the single ended transformer, is
receiving from the "forward" direction, that is from the far end direction
of the antenna.
On page 7-15, Fig. 7-15, of The Low Band DXing book, the single
ended transformer, T2 is connected to the coax designated front (direction)
which provides signal from the "front" of the antenna as shown by the
front(A) in the top right area of the diagram.
To me they are one and the same, and I have had no problems with
many of these antennas performing as specified. As a note, it does not
matter which of the two antenna wires is grounded at the far end as they
are connected across the secondary winding of the push-pull transformer.
Good luck with your project. 73 de Milt, N5IA
At 12:26 PM 9/16/98 -0500, Raymond Dave-CSUS04 wrote:
>
>After doing some experimenting with 2 wire beverages (and having some funny
>things happening and some trouble) I have a question. Which direction of
>arriving signal is supposed to come out which port on the matching
>transformer? Victor Misek's 2nd edition Beverage Antenna Handbook and John
>Devoldere's 2nd edition of Low-Band DXing would seem to be in direct
>disagreement.
>
>Am trying to trouble shoot my system so it would be helpful to know which
>way it is supposed to properly work.
>
>73. . . Dave
>W0FLS
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