Larry, et al:
To add to you observations, which I also sent in a separate e-mail to K3LR,
I have found that a height of 6-7 feet above ground for my beverages seems to
be the best height. I originally installed two wire beverages at about 8-9
feet above ground and they worked pretty well. However, my E/W beverage runs
along a tree line and a storm took out a couple trees along the beverage line
lasat year. I had to reduce the height of this beverage to about 6' or so AGL
(above ground level) as a quick fix before the 2005 CQWW DX CW contest. At
this lower height this 600' beverage works better than all the others and I
have left it at this height. Hence the others are being lowered to this
optimum height.
My 550' NE/SW beverage crosses a small ravine and is about 15-20 feet AGL over
this ravine for about 50-60 feet of its total length. Although it hears OK, it
is a far poorer performer than the other beverages that maintain roughly the
same height AGL over their entire lengths.
73.................de Goose, W8AV
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