Bill...
Try a K9AY loop or something like that. The Top Band reflector on
contesting.com has a bunch of good ideas on RCV antennas. Also try some
of the current antennas you have up as a RCV antenna. I have heard of people
using their 40 meter yagi as a RCV antenna. When I was in Ohio my zepp - cut
for 80 meters was a good RCV antenna on 160. I used an Inverted L for transmit.
Good Luck...
Jeff
>
> From: Bill Coleman <aa4lr@arrl.net>
> Date: 2003/07/16 Wed AM 07:52:38 EDT
> To: <secc@contesting.com>, <towertalk@contesting.com>
> Subject: [SECC] Short Beverages & Snakes
>
> It's summertime, and I'm thinking of improvements to my antennas. In
> particular, I'd like to have a low-noise receiving antenna for 40, 80 and
> maybe 160m. This would likely be used for domestic stations on 40 and 80
> for Sweepstakes, or perhaps Europe on 80 and 160.
>
> My problem is that my lot isn't very big. I could put about 200 feet of
> temporary beverage to the north (for domestic), or about 150 feet of
> beverage to the NE (for europe). This is awfully short of the recommended
> 600 or so feet for 160m.
>
> Are shorter beverages effective?
>
> I've also read about people placing beverage wires directly on the
> ground. For temporary antennas, this might work out well for me. Of
> course, to get the desired directions, I'd probably have to run a long
> feedline to the beverage start point, which might result in considerable
> pickup on the feedline itself.
>
> Oh, and a NE beverage would have to pass over the radial field for my
> shunt-fed tower. I understand that, ideally, beverages should be
> separated from your other antennas. How much separation is necessary?
>
> Perhaps my lot is so small it offers too many compromises for effective
> beverage use. Am I better off erecting a flag, pennant or K9AY loop,
> which I could get 60-80 feet away from the radial field?
>
> Any suggestions welcome.
>
> Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASEL Mail: aa4lr@arrl.net
> Quote: "Not within a thousand years will man ever fly!"
> -- Wilbur Wright, 1901
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