> Does anyone have experience with beverages terminating beneath electric
> power lines? ... antennas that are somewhat perpendicular to the power
> lines. >
>
73, Bill WR8K
>
Bill,
Two years ago, I ran a Beverage the way you describe. In my case, it was due
west, ending about 50 feet short of the line running N/S. It was certainly
usable, but there was noticable noise re-radiated from the line --
atmospheric noise, not powerline noise. My installation was almost directly
in line with a pole having a ground wire and the downlead to my buried
service. Haven't tried aligning the antenna to end between poles -- I just
install it farther away.
For comparison, my NW Beverage is very quiet, and it ends about 200 feet
short of the line.
73, Gary
K9AY
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