Follow the slope of the ground, not deviating for valley's. Lay them out with a compass first, and pink or orange , surveyors tape. Set your spool of wire at the start, on two cinder blocks, and walk
While using a beverage antenna or some other type of low noise receive antenna, the decrease in signal strength on receive, as compared to your transmit antenna on receive, really is not the way to d
Vic Misek's call is W1WCR. He wrote the " Beverage Antenna Book" which didn't have much to do with beverages and he proposed the use of wires under his 2 wire, low noise receiving antenna. Willy **Ch
GOOGLE- CCD antenna or Constant Current Distribution Antenna. It is no better than a regular dipole at the same height ! I know all the magnetic part of it. Willy K3VW **Get the scoop on last night's
SM6CPY- Carl, I had the same problem about 30 years ago on a aluminum wire beverage, about 1000' long. It was fed and terminated properly, but because the wire was bare, it picked up so much snow sta
Why use a relay, you don't need it. Run all three bands from a common feedpoint, with appropriate radials. There is no need for a relay. When you pick 40 meters, it will work on 40, and so on! Willy
On your horizontal loop, you don't want it very high for receive only. Mine is up at 15' and is incredibly quiet but no way close to my beverages. It is also omni-directional and only responds to the
Re: #2 Question from Charlie Vaughn I would make the top loading wires a little longer to radiate down on 1.825, say about 63' longer ! Vaughn Worth K3VW In a message dated 5/4/2010 3:18:36 P.M. East
The problem you will have on 160 meters is that a 500' beverage is not even one wavelength long ! They will work fine in the woods if they are long enough. Willy K3VW In a message dated 7/6/2010 3:01
To: Josh Check out Ham Radio Magazine article on WB3GCG's Selectable wavelength Beverages back in July, 1986. It was also in ON4UN's 1st Edition of " Low Band DXing "1988, page 119. Willy K3VW In a m
I, K3VW, then, WB3GCG of Brandywine, Md. had a pair of phased delta loops on two 150' towers, back in the 70's & 80's. A wire yagi would have taken up more space then I had available at the time. My
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I use Commscope RG-6 for all my antennas now and the feed lines. From simple dipoles to full wave loops. It is stronger and matches good. Use mechanical connections on the shield. I get it in 1000' w