From: "Zivney, Terry L." <00tlzivney@bsu.edu>
To: <topband@contesting.com>
Sent: Saturday, February 05, 2011 5:05 PM
> Question: Can I simply attach a 470 ohm resistor between the far end of
> the single wire
> beverage and the ground rod, and then connect the feed end of the wire to
> one of
> the two antenna wire binding posts of the KD9SV box (leaving the other one
> empty)
> and expect reasonable performance? I want to minimize the effort on this
> "temporary"
> problem.
I suggest you join both posts together, otherwise the reactance of the T1
secondary (hi-Z side of reverse direction xfmr) will be in series with the
beverage if primary disconnected.
Shorting or loading T1 primary (low-z coax side) will also work, enabling
you to use just one post, but easier just to short the two posts together
for the single wire.
73
John
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