- 161. Re: Topband: Beverage antennas (score: 40)
- Author: Guy Olinger K2AV <olinger@bellsouth.net>
- Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2012 03:53:46 -0400
- I'm just thinking about the probably slow velocity factor of the stuff Jacques describes, the loss, and the poor performance it would give if used for a reversible beverage. The losses as a reversibl
- /archives//html/Topband/2012-07/msg00317.html (13,659 bytes)
- 162. Re: Topband: Two wire Beverage Question (score: 40)
- Author: "ZR" <zr@jeremy.mv.com>
- Date: Tue, 22 May 2012 09:28:19 -0400
- My 2 wire Beverages are in the 500-900' range in the air and as BOG's and are used regularly on 30 and 40M with no meaningful degradation. However I wound all my transformers based upon the high RF g
- /archives//html/Topband/2012-05/msg00164.html (10,981 bytes)
- 163. Re: Topband: 160M Beverage antenna help requested (score: 40)
- Author: Eddy Swynar <deswynar@xplornet.ca>
- Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2011 09:21:55 -0500
- Hi Jim, I think length IS critical in the matter of Beverage antennas, and the old axiom of "...the longer, the better" may not especially hold true... I am speaking from personal experience here. I
- /archives//html/Topband/2011-11/msg00038.html (9,260 bytes)
- 164. Re: Topband: First attempt at beverage antenna, not working as expected (score: 40)
- Author: Mike Waters W0BTU <mrscience65704@yahoo.com>
- Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2011 13:30:20 -0800 (PST)
- Mark, It IS short on 160, but it sure ought to work a little. And it should most certainly work on 80. I would look at the grounds, for starters. A single ground rod at each end wouldn't work right h
- /archives//html/Topband/2011-01/msg00079.html (10,078 bytes)
- 165. Re: Topband: Barbed Wire Fence as Beverage? (score: 40)
- Author: Mike Waters W0BTU <mrscience65704@yahoo.com>
- Date: Wed, 3 Nov 2010 15:42:35 -0700 (PDT)
- Hello Brian, A Beverage requires a poorly conductive ground (poor compared to the wire itself) under it to work right. Is it possible to run the wire parallel to the fence but spaced some distance fr
- /archives//html/Topband/2010-11/msg00008.html (8,640 bytes)
- 166. Re: Topband: Barbed Wire Fence as Beverage? (score: 40)
- Author: Guy Olinger K2AV <olinger@bellsouth.net>
- Date: Wed, 3 Nov 2010 14:15:50 -0400
- Short version: The trick is to turn the fence into a non-conductor at 160 meters to make it invisible to the beverage run above it. Long version: Strictly from a transmission line basis, the fence to
- /archives//html/Topband/2010-11/msg00006.html (11,030 bytes)
- 167. Re: Topband: Fw: The 500 Foot Beverage (score: 40)
- Author: "DF3KV" <df3kv@t-online.de>
- Date: Fri, 9 Jul 2010 23:50:04 +0200
- How do they behave if the RX connections are at the centre of the run? 73 Peter The root beverage design at VP6DX was the DXE reversible hardware & 450 ohm ladder line. Worked flawlessly. I have used
- /archives//html/Topband/2010-07/msg00037.html (9,480 bytes)
- 168. Re: Topband: Do beverage antennas work in dense wood? (score: 40)
- Author: "Robin" <wb6tza@socal.rr.com>
- Date: Sat, 3 Apr 2010 14:32:09 -0700
- Run it through the trees, it will work just fine. Use the slope to your advantage, it will tilt the response angle down. a one wavelength beverage is a moderately high angle antenna, 10-15 degrees of
- /archives//html/Topband/2010-04/msg00022.html (10,517 bytes)
- 169. Re: Topband: WD-1A 2-way Beverage (score: 40)
- Author: "Herbert Schoenbohm" <herbs@surfvi.com>
- Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2008 09:16:09 -0400
- There have been some discouraging reports about signal attenuation of a WD-1A two wire Beverage used in the reverse mode. Prior to these reports surfacing, I had ordered a mile of WD1-A and a few wee
- /archives//html/Topband/2008-12/msg00016.html (10,842 bytes)
- 170. Re: Topband: Beverage Orientation (score: 40)
- Author: "Victor A. Kean, Jr." <vkean@k1lt.com>
- Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2008 09:09:25 -0400
- Now I'll try to appear smart by showing you what to do to calculate how to place your antenna, but I'll make a dumb mistake and embarrass myself. But I'll do it anyway :-) Start at the NW end of your
- /archives//html/Topband/2008-10/msg00178.html (8,321 bytes)
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