I have 7 unterminated Beverages, some of which run near and even under
the
elevated radials on my 80 and 160 M elevated GP's. My patterns are not
perfect but I can tell you they hear better than the transmit antennas
most of them time.
An imperfect Beverage is better than no Beverage at all!
BTW, for 40/80 meters, 500 ft +/- 100 works very well, often better than
1000 ft, especially early in the evening/late afternoon. On 160M 500 ft
is usually better than the transmit antenna, but 1000 ft is usually
better than 500 ft.
73, Tom - N4KG
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