Hi Jerry, Good time to get on the band -- things are really getting hot! Either impedance should work fine. If you are a purist, you can use matching transformers but the loss of the transformer migh
Hi Steve, Never use a common ground rod to feed multiple Beverages. The feed points for each Beverage should be independent and separated at least 6 to 10 feet from each other. Two short radials may
It is possible to feed a beverage in the center. See Micek's book. If you google "beverage antenna center fed" you will get a couple links that will give you info on this approach. I believe the two
Appears that Milt's "fix" helped to maintain the Beverage properties better than the arroyo's "destructive behavior" by providing bridge for the discontinuity in the ground surface under the portion
Gentlemen, I am in full agreement with the many statements that Vic Misek's design (at least in the first edition of his book) is, uh, 'not the best', and a ground screen (or grounded wire) under a B
We really gotta quit analyzing BOGs as if they were actually a Beverage. (This is a late response to a thread some months ago.) A BOG, laying on the ground, regardless of the "B" word represented in
Tom, I only have about 491 ft of window line and thats what I am using for the two direction beverage. Placement is in part dictated by the hill but mostly the rationalle for the 300 or so feet fro
Author: Mike Waters W0BTU <mrscience65704@yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 18 Oct 2009 23:02:10 -0700 (PDT)
Hello John, It's good to hear from you, and I would love to answer your questions immediately. However, that is not possible right now. Sorry. There are lots of great people on the Topband reflector
Make two separate shorter beverages, don't feed one wire against the other, they will effectively cancel out _______________________________________________ UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK
Thanks all for the help, will upgrade software and try to use it as TDR 73, Jorge Enviado desde mi iPhone _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband