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21. Topband: Extending the Beverage (score: 1): Author: k4kyv@hotmail.com (Donald Chester); Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2002 03:11:41 +0000; At present my Beverage is 390' long, 10' high and terminated at the N-Northeast end. It does a pretty fair job at rejecting noise from certain local sources and comfortably pulling in signals that ma; /archives//html/Topband/2002-07/msg00059.html (7,365 bytes)
22. Topband: W1WCR Beverage book (score: 1): Author: k4kyv@hotmail.com (Donald Chester); Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2002 18:33:08 +0000; I wish to thank all who have responded regarding length of the Beverage. Most recommend limiting the extended length to about 580' as the best compromise between lobe width and f/b ratio. I could eas; /archives//html/Topband/2002-07/msg00069.html (10,996 bytes)
23. Topband: W1WCR Beverage book (score: 1): Author: k4kyv@hotmail.com (Donald Chester); Date: Sat, 13 Jul 2002 18:55:55 +0000; (Re the ground wire laid directly under the Beverage) Vic, W1WCR says that the classic Beverage is designed for groundwave or extremely low angle skywave at LF and VLF, and is dependent on the wavef; /archives//html/Topband/2002-07/msg00078.html (9,000 bytes)
24. Topband: CW Transmitting Power (score: 1): Author: k4kyv@hotmail.com (Donald Chester); Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2002 00:27:44 +0000; Before the power limit rule was changed to output power, the legal limit was 1 kw DC input to the final. For CW, that translated to a maximum of about 750 watts output. With the change in the power l; /archives//html/Topband/2002-07/msg00135.html (7,365 bytes)
25. Topband: CW Transmitting Power (score: 1): Author: k4kyv@hotmail.com (Donald Chester); Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2002 19:32:40 +0000; Thanks to all who responded to my question. The consensus of replies is that on 160 and the hf bands, plenty of CW ops run the full legal limit, and more than a few run considerably more. High power; /archives//html/Topband/2002-07/msg00140.html (7,248 bytes)
26. Topband: 1/4 and 3/8-wavelength vertical radiators (score: 1): Author: k4kyv@hotmail.com (Donald Chester); Date: Fri, 21 Jun 2002 16:31:55 +0000; ... a 3/8-wavelength vertical (ALL vertical) with My quarter wave base insulated vertical supports an 80 m. dipole @ the 119 ft. level. Even though the dipole and feeder are not electrically connecte; /archives//html/Topband/2002-06/msg00034.html (8,021 bytes)
27. Topband: Beverage Frustrations (score: 1): Author: k4kyv@hotmail.com (Donald Chester); Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2002 05:47:04 +0000; I have been noticing lately a dropoff in performance of my beverage. Lightning got my little toroidal transformer a few weeks ago, so I rewound it and this time wired it inside the base of an old tub; /archives//html/Topband/2002-06/msg00042.html (9,714 bytes)
28. Topband: Beverage: Sloping vs. vertical drop (score: 1): Author: k4kyv@hotmail.com (Donald Chester); Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2002 05:42:54 +0000; Ten feet of vertical drop I think you are absolutely right. However, sloping the wire saves having to put up an additional support pole at the end of the antenna plus guy wire. The antenna itself se; /archives//html/Topband/2002-06/msg00050.html (8,129 bytes)
29. Topband: Takeoff Angle (score: 1): Author: k4kyv@hotmail.com (Donald Chester); Date: Thu, 02 May 2002 20:09:15 +0000; There is a skip zone on 160 just as 80 just My 80 metre dipole, fed with open wire line as a quarter-wave dipole on 160, puts about 30 dB more signal into Nashville (approx. 50 miles away) than does; /archives//html/Topband/2002-05/msg00014.html (6,754 bytes)
30. Topband: 160 meter vertical (score: 1): Author: k4kyv@hotmail.com (Donald Chester); Date: Thu, 02 May 2002 20:23:14 +0000; Or tune the tower to 1:1 @ 1900 kc/s with a simple L network at the base of the tower. Mine stays within less than 3:1 from 1800 to 2000. To move anywwhere in the band, the only tuning adjustment I; /archives//html/Topband/2002-05/msg00015.html (6,764 bytes)
31. Topband: ...feeding a tower... (score: 1): Author: k4kyv@hotmail.com (Donald Chester); Date: Wed, 29 May 2002 07:06:20 +0000; I have a somewhat different situation, but the results are interesting. My tower is 127' of Rohn 25, series fed using a base insulator, with 120 quarter wave radials buried about 2 inches below the g; /archives//html/Topband/2002-05/msg00196.html (8,516 bytes)
32. Topband: Re: Vactrols and Flag (score: 1): Author: k4kyv@hotmail.com (Donald Chester); Date: Sun, 14 Apr 2002 07:55:12; The QST article recommends using non-metallic support poles for flags and pennants. The 16 ft. high vertical section six feet off the ground calls for a 20 ft. mast. I'd be interested to know what s; /archives//html/Topband/2002-04/msg00021.html (7,689 bytes)
33. Topband: Lightning and Beverages (score: 1): Author: k4kyv@hotmail.com (Donald Chester); Date: Sun, 28 Apr 2002 06:25:42 +0000; Spring is here, and the Beverage I put up in December didn't make it past the first round of spring thunderstorm. Even though I disconnected the antenna from the matching transformer, enough of a jol; /archives//html/Topband/2002-04/msg00058.html (8,330 bytes)
34. Topband: Antenna interaction (score: 1): Author: k4kyv@hotmail.com (Donald Chester); Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2002 20:03:37 +0000; Sounds like Tesla's experimentation with wireless electric power transmission. BTW, regarding Rohn 25 as a vertical, I use 127' with a base insulator, with 120 radials each 133'4" long, buried appro; /archives//html/Topband/2002-04/msg00080.html (7,480 bytes)
35. Topband: MFJ power line noise receiver or alternatives? (score: 1): Author: k4kyv@hotmail.com (Donald Chester); Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2002 08:15:54; I bought a Radio Shack portable receiver for the purpose. It is about the size of a Walkman, and covers AM, FM, TV audio and aircraft. The aircraft frequency range is 108 mHz to 132 mHz AM. I have fo; /archives//html/Topband/2002-03/msg00094.html (7,747 bytes)
36. Topband: Number of radials - elevated vs grounded (score: 1): Author: k4kyv@hotmail.com (Donald Chester); Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2002 21:32:06; Let's take two extreme cases of vertical antennas with ground radials: a quarter wave broadcast band vertical with 120 buried radials, and a VHF ground plane on a pole, with 3 or 4 quarter wave radia; /archives//html/Topband/2002-03/msg00111.html (8,343 bytes)
37. Topband: French Telephone Wire (score: 1): Author: k4kyv@hotmail.com (Donald Chester); Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2002 21:28:52; US Army WD-1 telephone wire is eight strands. Three are When I was a kid I used to find the stuff strung out in the field at the Army base near where I lived. They weren't very conscientious about b; /archives//html/Topband/2002-03/msg00174.html (7,415 bytes)
38. Topband: beverage above water (score: 1): Author: k4kyv@hotmail.com (Donald Chester); Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2002 21:50:49; There has been a lot of discussion and little agreement on this specific topic by numerous "experts". W1WCR advocates a ground wire under the HF Beverage, based exactly on what you said. Others say; /archives//html/Topband/2002-03/msg00175.html (10,122 bytes)
39. Topband: Re: MFJ power line noise receiver or alternatives? (score: 1): Author: k4kyv@hotmail.com (Donald Chester); Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2002 20:48:16; Our local power company, Cumberland Electric Membership Corporation made national news recently over a line noise problem experienced by a ham in Springfield, TN. He had no success getting them to fi; /archives//html/Topband/2002-03/msg00216.html (10,134 bytes)
40. Topband: Small lot and small antennas, but you can still work the DX ! (score: 1): Author: k4kyv@hotmail.com (Donald Chester); Date: Sat, 23 Mar 2002 20:39:34; I don't think so. It has been the most QRN-free season I can remember, in 40+ years. Static has been almost not-existent here except for a few nights when we had wx fronts actually moving thru the a; /archives//html/Topband/2002-03/msg00227.html (8,096 bytes)

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