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1. Topband: Beverage Woes (score: 1): Author: "Jim Garland" <4cx250b@miamioh.edu>; Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2013 07:15:58 -0600; I have two bidirectional 720 ft beverages that use 450 ohm ladder line, oriented NE-SW and NW-SE. The ladder line is supported by 4x4 wood posts, about 7 ft above ground, spaced every 60 ft. The ante; /archives//html/Topband/2013-10/msg00182.html (8,471 bytes)
2. Re: Topband: Beverage Woes (score: 1): Author: Grant Saviers <grants2@pacbell.net>; Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2013 08:50:53 -0700; Or you could replace the open wire line with a bi-directional coax cable Beverage. see ON4UN. I've built a couple from RG58 and they worked ok. RG6 would be stronger, but might have a bit more loss w; /archives//html/Topband/2013-10/msg00184.html (9,675 bytes)
3. Re: Topband: Beverage Woes (score: 1): Author: Greg - ZL3IX <zl3ix@inet.net.nz>; Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2013 05:43:57 +1300; Hi Jim, One other effect that fools sensitive DMM's on their resistance scale, is the electrochemical voltage that gets developed between the ground rods used for Beverage antennas. I also experience; /archives//html/Topband/2013-10/msg00185.html (9,690 bytes)
4. Re: Topband: Beverage Woes (score: 1): Author: "George" <w8uvz@voyager.net>; Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2013 16:11:10 -0400; Jim Many of us have had similar experiences with ladder line, even copperweld. For more longevity, consider using MilSurplus field phone wire WD1-A. With a mix of steel and copper strands, the wire h; /archives//html/Topband/2013-10/msg00190.html (10,050 bytes)
5. Re: Topband: Beverage Woes (score: 1): Author: Mike Waters <mikewate@gmail.com>; Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2013 16:46:28 -0500; Whatever you use for wire, it needs to float at the supports. Anchor it at only one end and tension it tightly at the other end. I use my own ladder line, made from .061" diameter plated steel electr; /archives//html/Topband/2013-10/msg00192.html (7,723 bytes)
6. Re: Topband: Beverage Woes (score: 1): Author: Les Kalmus <w2lk@bk-lk.com>; Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2013 10:21:23 -0400; I use ladder line from the Wireman and from Davis RF. I think the conductors are copper plated solid steel. I bought 1/4" thick 2" wide strips of acrylic from McMaster Carr and made a pair of clamps; /archives//html/Topband/2013-10/msg00200.html (9,601 bytes)
7. Re: Topband: Beverage Woes (score: 1): Author: "Kees Nijdam" <clnijdam@knid.nl>; Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2013 16:59:25 +0200; I use twinlead (DX-wire or Wireman) 300 Ohm, less attenuation compaired to RG58 and small. not much windload. Doing its job for over 5 years now. Only fixed at the ends. Kees, PE5T I use ladder line; /archives//html/Topband/2013-10/msg00201.html (10,828 bytes)
8. Re: Topband: Beverage Woes (score: 1): Author: "Tom W8JI" <w8ji@w8ji.com>; Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2013 11:20:02 -0400; How long it lasts really depends on how mechanically intuitive we are when we install the antenna. Key things are to let the wire float in everything but the end supports, and make sure things don't; /archives//html/Topband/2013-10/msg00202.html (11,765 bytes)
9. Re: Topband: Beverage Woes (score: 1): Author: Bill Wichers <billw@waveform.net>; Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2013 16:15:10 +0000; While I have tried this myself, you could try black UHMW for your supports on the middle posts between the ones taking tension. UHMW is Ultra High Molecular Weight polyethylene. The black stuff holds; /archives//html/Topband/2013-10/msg00206.html (10,941 bytes)
10. Re: Topband: Beverage Woes (score: 1): Author: "ZR" <zr@jeremy.mv.com>; Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2013 11:19:43 -0400; I use military WD1A telephone wire which cost almost nothing but UPS for a 1 km unused reel. At 500-750' for Beverages the extra RF loss tilts the wave more and and has excellent directivity as 2 wir; /archives//html/Topband/2013-10/msg00213.html (12,121 bytes)
11. Re: Topband: Beverage Woes (score: 1): Author: "Gary Smith" <Gary@ka1j.com>; Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2013 19:35:08 -0400; I used WD1A wire for my reversible beverages over a salt marsh and had terrible luck with them. They were incredibly noisy, more so than the INV-L was and I gave them up for a HI-Z triangular array w; /archives//html/Topband/2013-10/msg00215.html (13,680 bytes)

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