Good afternoon to ALL! I am getting ready to put up a beverage for top band. I have decided that I want to put up a two wire system using window line because of the ease of assembly. I am not sure
Longer would be better for 160. There are some sweet spots for length for 160. You need a matching system. Dx Engineering makes a pretty slick two way system with the matching units etc. You don't ha
Author: "David J. Schmocker" <kj9i@centurytel.net>
Date: Tue, 8 Nov 2011 20:03:57 -0600
Jim: In my experience using reversible beverages, The W1WCR guide is a great reference and help. I followed it closely. You want the beverage height above ground to be just above local obstacles (dee
Jim, Null steering is usually only useful for local RFI and not signals arriving via sky wave. Most of your other questions are answered at http://www.w0btu.com/Beverage_antennas.html. 73, Mike www.w
Hi Jim, I think length IS critical in the matter of Beverage antennas, and the old axiom of "...the longer, the better" may not especially hold true... I am speaking from personal experience here. I
One cautionary note on using window line for beverages: I tried window line last year, unsuccessfully, for a 2-wire bi-directional beverage. While the electrical performance was satisfactory, the i
Great feedback! I can see how the heavy 450 ohm stuff could easily ice up and become very heavy! You guys keep all that ice back east! Mike W0MU J6M CQ WW DX CW Contest 2011 J6/W0MU November 21 - Dec
I use 450 ohm window line in upstate New York and it's done just fine through 10 winters here. You don't need to slope the ends - performance is independent of how quickly you bring the wire ends dow
In the East we have trees and use electric fence insulators for support. No problems with window line or military telephone wire unless trees come down. Window line is expensive these days and all my
Another cautionary note: I don't have the winds that Jeff does but down here in Arizona we have the heat & ultra violet rays that destroy everything. I can get about 4 or 5 years use out of window li
another solution that works well is individual galvanized electric fence wires, as K6SE (sk) our 160 meter fiiend used. breakage repair is easy and the inital cost in low. finding they can be mounted