I believe the advantage you are seeing with a low beverage is the reduction of
pick-up from the feeds. When you think about it, the 8 foot vertical at each
end of the higher beverage is 1/4 wave on 10 meters and this signal dominates
the signal picked up by the beverage. At lower frequencies the effect is
lesser, but still effects f/b and f/s signals.
John K9DX
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From: k1fz<mailto:k1fz@prexar.com>
To: topband@contesting.com<mailto:topband@contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, November 18, 2004 10:04 PM
Subject: Topband: Close to earth Beverage.
Thanks to all who sent information as to their close to earth/on earth
antennas.
All said there was little affect from snow and ice on their particular
antenna..
Some have experimented with height for best signal to noise which can vary
with other factors.
I had seen information that Europeans were experimenting with low Beverages.
I was thinking it was for cosmetic reasons. It is easy to tuck them into some
neat places like along stone walls or fence lines.
On 160 meters I saw a small loss of signal but a very large loss of QRN from
the latest solar disturbance.
Another thing that I liked was an even larger front to back on higher bands.
By the time I reached 10 meters I was seeing about 40db on an stock
inaccurate S-meter. (No down lead from the Beverage to ground). A 8 foot high
typical Beverage antenna would have a down lead close to quarter wavelength on
10 meters.
Thanks again and I will make this my last on the thread.
73
Bruce-K1FZ
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