Jim:
In my experience using reversible beverages,
The W1WCR guide is a great reference and help. I followed it closely.
You want the beverage height above ground to be just above local obstacles
(deer, snowmobiles, car traffic, whatever is in the path you traverse). I
used 10' PVC pipes stood on end as my supports with my reversible bev. wires
at 9' and 10' above ground respectively.
I sloped only the last span on each end of mine down to ground to mitigate deer
problems. On the rare occasions when they ran through the ends, I just
repaired the wires (easy to detect from testing the beverages).
If you don't slope them down, how do you plan to ground the end termination
point?
I don't know what is window line, but electric fence wire (steel) available at
farm supply stores is very rugged, inexpensive, has great tensile strength, is
re-useable year after year, and works great.
Kind regards, 73
Dave KJ9I
On 8Nov, 2011, at 2:56 PM, wa3mej@comcast.net wrote:
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> Good afternoon to ALL!
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> I am getting ready to put up a beverage for top band. I have decided that I
> want to put up a two wire system
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> using window line because of the ease of assembly. I am not sure if I will
> use it in the null steering mode
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> or just switch from front to back. I will decide that after I get it up.
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> After reading the original W1CWR handbook, a book written by K3OQF and
> several articles by Beverage
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> himself (as well as other references to include much written by W3LPL and
> W8JI) and tempering it with
> my site requirements I have pretty much decided to put it up 7-8 ft in the
> air. BUT... I have several questions.
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> 1. Is there an optimum height above the ground?
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> 2, Can I get away with not sloping the ends toward the ground? (the deer are
> heavy around here)
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> 3. I have 491 ft of window line should I just put that up or should I order
> another 100ft and splice
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> it together?
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> 4. What other suggestions do the readers have?
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> Thanks
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> Jim WAMEJ
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