Phil, A series capacitor may do it for you....but that will only remove inductive reactance, what ever it is, equal to the C of the capacitor. if you can not achieve the VSWR you can live with then y
Pete, Normally a 20 degree bend should not amount to much except a very slight pattern skew and slight gain reduction in the desired direction.. You might , however, wish to take advantage of the vel
I need to put a Beverage over an area that is flat but full of implementable brush of weeds, tan tan, cacha, and cactus. A Brush Hog would be great to cut a path but actually the brush would keep a w
Topbanders....on the issue of elevated radials that are of some significant distance above the actual ground are we not really dealing with a totally different configuration than a typical Marconi wi
Dave, Congratulations on your new one..........but, I just wonder what path they had to the Midwest last night which was so outstanding. However my path over Africa almost straight East was worthless
Ken, I have tried both and actually prefer the switchless feed to a two wire Beverage. They cost less and the problems with the relays and DC voltage insertion is avoided. I was able to get some 450
When Tony, Z24EA announced last night on 823.4 at about 2300Z he was QRT....he meant it. Soon after he boarded a plane and is now back home in Germany. Fernando, Z21BB told me today that the QRN last
Freddy, if you tie them together like you describe you will end up with a lower impedance then by floating the unused pairs...or a better solution is to tie them all together and make it a single wir
Paul, This patent tort case is truly unfortunate in so much as it will have a tendency to stifle the great amateur spirit of sharing ideas, open experimentation and innovation. When you can't openly
I'm not sure I would use the term disappointing. First the solid signals day after day from 9Q5ON working many East Coast and Midwest with a new country despite extreme tropical static. But last week
No problem as long as you you watch the balance with respect to ground and provide for a balanced to unbalanced transition at both ends. Yet RG-6 is much much cheaper than 450 ohm ladder line, anothe
Run a half a dozen 60 foot spiders from the ground connection in any direction you can. This will help stabilize your ear end feed impedance at RF. Even tacking down a expanded copper mesh ground scr
Bob, I always test my Beverages on AM Stations at 1000KHZ to 1400Khz which is about 1/2 wave for a 500 or 600 footer....these tests remove all doubts that a "short" Beverage is a superb antenna. Stat
We need to emphasis the DX-Window enforcement during a contest has a different impact on participants which vary depending on locations. Today's highly directional Beverages, modern equipment of high
Well in fact I do........use Skype.... but in a very different way that is intended to be helpful and not during contests. Here is what I do: I have my RX and NE Beverage on 1821.5 with Skype in Auto
TBDC is still the best, fairest, and most exciting contest for 160 and it lacks all the political intrigue of the others. CQ 160 is still great but turns out to be a slug-fest with participants feeli
But 4U1UN can't move more than a few hundred feet in any direction...wow! Still an operation in the 160 meter ARRL contest from there could beat every other DX entry with ease. I guess some contest r
Jerry the more top loading the better for overall efficiency and with a 60 foot tower you will need all you can get. Also rather than an omega match I would put a bridge on the bottom of the cage and