On Wed, 10 Jan 2007 18:07:04 -0500, Tom Rauch wrote:
>but the lower ones are noticeably better on 40 meters.
To which Jim responded...
> Yes. My Beverages are up around 8 ft so that they clear the deer.
> They're good on 160, OK on 80, and almost useless on 40.
>
> 73,
>
> Jim K9YC
I have a 510' bidirectional pair at 8' over pretty good ground. They play
as you would expect a somewhat short beverage to play on 160M. They are
somewhat better on 80M. And impressive on 40M. But then, I took the time
to ensure that the transformers were truly wideband. In fact, I get good
performance on 30M and reasonable F/R on 20M. Not that I use them on the
upper bands as I have no noise problem and other gain antennas that work
well.
I note that the "almost useless on 40" comment may be due to reasons that go
well beyond height above apparent ground...
Ford-N0FP
ford@cmgate.com
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