- 1. Topband: Height of Beverage-Driveway (score: 1)
- Author: rfman45 <rfman45@hotmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2010 12:15:08 -0500
- After 50 years in radio I'm starting to enjoy myself on Topband and have learned much valuable information here thanks to all of you. I have, however, encountered a problem for which I would ask your
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- 2. Re: Topband: Height of Beverage-Driveway (score: 1)
- Author: Mike Waters W0BTU <mrscience65704@yahoo.com>
- Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2010 20:03:51 -0700 (PDT)
- Hi Mike, Beverages are not critical. It has been said that they "want to work". I guarantee that you won't notice the difference from raising it 13' for a little ways. I have one that crosses a ravi
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- 3. Re: Topband: Height of Beverage-Driveway (score: 1)
- Author: W2RU - Bud Hippisley <W2RU@frontiernet.net>
- Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2010 23:04:38 -0400
- Minor impact. I have a dirt / gravel driveway, and we have some really tall delivery trucks on it from time to time, plus I didn't trust the wire to not sag, thanks to an ice storm or falling branch
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- 4. Re: Topband: Height of Beverage-Driveway (score: 1)
- Author: "Tim Duffy K3LR" <k3lr@k3lr.com>
- Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2010 22:35:44 -0500
- Hello Mike! I do exactly this - raise the Beverage from 7 feet to 13 feet - on my 1100 foot Beverage - when it goes over the drive way (about 15 feet long). There is no difference in performance vs.
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- 5. Re: Topband: Height of Beverage-Driveway (score: 1)
- Author: "David J. Schmocker" <kj9i@centurytel.net>
- Date: Fri, 08 Oct 2010 05:40:42 -0500
- Mike: You will not notice any performance difference in your modified "truck clearing" beverage. 73, Dave KJ9I _______________________________________________ UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK
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- 6. Re: Topband: Height of Beverage-Driveway (score: 1)
- Author: <donovanf@starpower.net>
- Date: Fri, 8 Oct 2010 09:52:26 -0400 (EDT)
- Hi Mike, Raising your Beverage by a few feet over a short distance will have no affect at all. 73 Frank W3LPL -- Original message -- _______________________________________________ UR RST IS ... ...
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- 7. Re: Topband: Height of Beverage-Driveway (score: 1)
- Author: "K9AY" <k9ay@k9ay.com>
- Date: Fri, 8 Oct 2010 09:45:49 -0500
- -- This will work fine. I've done it often and detect no change in performance. Modeling also shows very little effect, even with a fairly long slope up and down on each side. 13 ft. will allow a br
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- 8. Re: Topband: Height of Beverage-Driveway (score: 1)
- Author: Jon Zaimes AA1K <jz73@verizon.net>
- Date: Fri, 08 Oct 2010 11:51:37 -0400
- I have done this over a driveway here. In fact it is a 935-foot long pair of broadside phased Beverages in which one goes over the driveway and at that spot is elevated to about 14 feet high for a di
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- 9. Re: Topband: Height of Beverage-Driveway (score: 1)
- Author: rfman45 <rfman45@hotmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 8 Oct 2010 11:19:50 -0500
- Thank you one and all for time and effort in responding to my question! I've always been proud to be a ham and your help here illustrates why. Your unanimous opinion was that my raising the height of
- /archives//html/Topband/2010-10/msg00038.html (9,366 bytes)
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