It seems to me that I've seen some discussion about running a wire on the ground along the length of a beverage to connect the grounds between the feedpoint and the termination. Is this true? This 1
Hi Ford, It seems to me that I've seen some discussion about running a wire on the ground along the length of a beverage to connect the grounds between the feedpoint and the termination. Is this true
This discussion has been interesting and informative especially because I've been considering the construction of a two wire Beverage system later this year when I can get into the pasture again. I h
Well, it comes with some merit at this link... http://exax.net/ Several of the diagrams describe a ground return line between the ends. ...SNIP... ...SNIP... Several respondants to the query indicate
effort. It seems a lot more people have them than I first thought but they don't seem to brag about them much. Is this because of lackluster performance caused by the stringent requirments for trans
http://exax.net/ Several of the diagrams describe a ground return line between the ends.>> I can describe anything I like, but even if I tell you something is wonderful if it doesn't make the least
Tom Rauch wrote: Second, if it did work to crate a low resistance path the effect would only be to make the antenna stop working. Beverages depend on ground losses to function. I respectfully beg to
developed ground a signal OK, that's one explanation for the wave. It's really just a way of saying the soil has loss. We have the same effect with verticals, and the effect works on 30MHz as well a
Tom, How close is "fairly close"? Are we talking twin lead close? Commercial 450 ohm ladder line close? Is 6 inches to far? At what point does the ratio of surge impedance to ground resistance cause
It seems to me that I've seen some discussion about running a wire on the ground along the length of a beverage to connect the grounds between the feedpoint and the termination...would another run of
This is often not true, but depends on the particular cases. Any tilting of the wavefront induces voltage in a Beverage, regardless of whether the tilt is caused by the incoming wavefront being recei
Assuming a person overcomes the transformer issues, what about grounds? Tom suggests that grounds are critical and require rods and radials in most cses. We have average soil conductivity here. For m
should treat both roughly equal None of that matters anyway Chuck when the pattern of the antenna isn't any good. We know a lot more about antenna patterns and how antennas respond over earth than w
I'm sorry, this should say: cloverleaf WITH a highly conductive media...not withOUT. _______________________________________________ Topband mailing list Topband@contesting.com http://lists.contestin
A few replies are inline. Chuck CH: Then why do all the measured plots from the massive Litva and Rook 1976 report and all the Rome AFB data from the 70's all show patterns that match what I said? Do
Heh heh... That's absolutely true...I was told that very recently by an OP that experienced that. If a Beverage is placed near or over highly conductive areas like salt water, an ocean beach, and the
...SNIP... ...SNIP... I dunno Don. Fiberglass? (tongue in cheek of course). When I measured between two 8' ground rods 10' apart, they behaved nothing like a piece of wire 10' long. They were definat
I have a different picture of penetration versus soil types. The usual method for specifying RF peentration is to calculate the value where the field has declined to 1/e where e is the base for natur
Litva and Rook 1976 patterns that match data that we can specific? I'm not disageeing with you. What I am saying is it doesn't matter how the wave angle tilts when the antenna has a big wide respons
Charlie, My personal experience at XZ0A was that the Bevs worked extremely well on the island. However, I did try one at a secluded, isolated spot along the shore where in some places at high tide th