** Ive noticed no difference in any weather using field phone wire which
happens to be in wide use by many very competitive contesters and lowband
DXers. With 5 2 wire reversibles here and 750' of 1/2" feedline there is
no need for a preamp.
I'm talking about:
1.) impedance change
2.) reactance caused by loss
Since the impedance presented at the far end of the antenna (in termination
mode) varies with weather and is reactive (with high and variable dielectric
losses), termination can be unreliable.
Maybe that's why you think I have a remote receiver :-) ?
The galvanized thin fence wire you often champion is also lossy.
That's an apples and oranges comparison.
First, I don't "champion" galvanized wire. That aside, there is nothing
wrong with using it in normal Beverages of reasonable length. It is not
terminating the system for F/B, and the termination impedance and loss does
not vary with weather.
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