Author: RVZ via TowerTalk <towertalk@contesting.com>
Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2021 00:56:26 +0000 (UTC)
Wondering if anyone has had good success with a Beverage mounted 12' above ground? 12' is the minimum clearance I need to safely clear a drive way. Please reply direct as I hope to install tomorrow
Author: Jon Zaimes via TowerTalk <towertalk@contesting.com>
Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2021 01:19:28 +0000 (UTC)
I raise sections of a couple of my Beverages to about 14 feet where they cross driveway and they work fine. Otherwise they are about 10 feet high. 73/Jon AA1K Sent from the all new AOL app for iOS Wo
Since actual RF ground could be almost anywhere (and could be definitive or graded) depending upon your soil, practically speaking the difference between 12' and 10' is a meaningless distinction. The
Good analysis, Dave. Beverages depend on lossy soil underneath them to work, and, as we all know, soil varies widely from place to place, and even locally. I have very poor (rocky) soil, and the terr
Hi, Jim. Well, by "RF ground" I meant the conductive (actually semiconductive) zone of the earth as seen by the incoming RF relative to the wire. "Ground" is the same term used in modeling programs
The trouble with this question (a FAQ!) is that many ops have only tried 10 feet because they are constrained by deer. They might report "it works great", but they have not compared it to, say 2 feet
I could certainly believe that to be the case. If your ground conditions are such that the effective reference is not near the surface, lower is probably better since a Beverage high off the ground
Besides the 2 ft vs 10 foot A/B tests, I did some BOG tests. The signal out is quite low, but they did work OK and I think would be valuable in case I had to run a "stealth" beverage. I have 20 acres
I run the BOG to keep the wire BELOW the deer. ;) And with the monsoon rains we've had here this summer I'd have to run the wire about five feet high to stay above the four foot high wiry invasive A