My two 580' beverages don't usually hear any better than my 4 sq on 80.
However, they significantly out perform my quarter wave elevated
vertical on 160. Since Oct 26, I've been fortunate to work 97 countries
on 160. Probably 60 of them I would not have worked without the
beverages.
73. .. Dave,
W0FLS
> ----------
> From: Larry Lindblom[SMTP:w0etc@ix.netcom.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, April 21, 1998 7:10 PM
> To: Pete Smith; towertalk@contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Beverage doubts.
>
>
>
> Pete:
> Similar experience here in Iowa. I put up a 295 foot Beverage and
> found that
> 95% of the time the 80 meter 4 square is just as good as or better
> than the
> Beverage (in it's favored direction) at digging out the week ones. On
> rare
> occasion S/N on beverage allowed better copy. Maybe this proves how
> gud the 4
> square is, or how lousy my Beverage construction techniques are, or
> that 295 ft
> is just too short for a Beverage to be effective.
>
> 73, Larry L.
> w0etc
>
>
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