The antennas look OK but aren't they a little too close to those power lines to be safe? Tracey G5VU _______________________________________________ Topband mailing list Topband@contesting.com http:
Is anyone on the list using plastic electric fence posts to support their Beverage? If so what kind of spacing can you achieve/maintain between posts? Thanks Tracey __________________________________
Thanks to all those who replied to my query regarding the use of using plastic electric fence posts to support a Beverage. Thanks Tracey _______________________________________________ Topband mailin
I would be grateful for some advice on the type of transformer to use on a Beverage antenna that I am in the process of erecting. I have been reading the latest (5th edition) of ON4UN's Low Band DX'i
I'd just like to thank all those why replied to my Beverage transformer question. I ended up winding the transformer on a binocular core with Kynar insulated wire. The Beverage is now up and working
I would be interested to know if anyone is using Coaxial Cable as the Feed Line and Antenna Wire, as outlined in Section 2.15.5, Page 7-88 of the latest edition of ON4UN's Low Band DXing book? Many t
Ionospheric conditions do support skywave for a good part of the day. A couple of days ago I received the NDB "AL" on 443kHz from Almaty, in Kazakhstan over a distance of some 3500 miles from my loc
Ionospheric conditions do support skywave for a good part of the day. A couple of days ago I received the NDB "AL" on 443kHz from Almaty, in Kazakhstan over a distance of some 3500 miles from my loc
I'd be interested to know what "critter/rodent" damage these BOGs get? My experience, in the UK, of leaving the last 60m of my Beverage lying on the ground for a few days, is that the insulation got
I wonder if anyone has any thoughts on the use of CAT5 cable for a beverage, in fact more specifically for a two way beverage? CAT5 consists of 4 balanced pairs of approx 100 ohms impedance. I was wo
? I am considering the purchase of a Pixel Technologies BevPro-1 Beverage antenna and wondered if anyone on the list has used one? http://www.pixelsatradio.com/product/the-ultimate-reversible-beverag
I understand that the Amsterdam Island FT5ZM DXpedition used a pair of Pixel Technologies BevPro-1 Beverage Antenna Systems? As a prospective purchaser I'd be interested to know if anybody had heard
It DOES make sense to decouple the feedline. I've never heard of a "braid breaker." Under NO conditions should you open the shield == that prevents the shield from being a shield. The good ways to de
Hello Mike You forget that on this side of the pond, the majority of us live on pocket handkerchief sized plots. :-) The representative of a major building company in the UK was on TV yesterday sayin
I'm replacing my Beverage and want to tension the wire at the far end by fixing it to a low horizontal branch of a large old willow tree. The branch in question is substantial and about 9 inches in d
Many thanks to all those who replied to my request for information on non-invasive tree attachments. There were more than enough ideas and I will mull them all over before deciding which way to go. 7
I have a follow on question from my non-invasive tree attachment question. I am running RG58 through a hedge with the intention of using it as a 2-way Beverage. I am scratching my head as to how to a
Many thanks to all those who replied to my query regarding the tensioning of RG58 coax for a 2-way Beverage. I managed to find some suitably sized Kellums grips over on this side of the pond, so that
Does anybody know if what was the Pixel Technologies BevPro-1 Beverage Antenna System, which I understand is now the InLogisInc BevFlex-4 Beverage antenna, is still in production? I can't see any ref