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I have found the "EWE" receiving antenna to be a reasonable compromise
to full size beverages. In most cases these antenna's seem to work but
by no means perform like a beverage. I have used this current receiving
antenna over the last 2-3 years. The following is what works best for
me.
My property is 150 x 200 feet. The 150 feet is in the east/west
direction. I have two trees that are exactly 61 feet apart. I have the
wire stretched between the trees. The front part of the antenna slopes
down @ a 45 deg angle into a ZJ beverage box. the rear of the antenna is
bent @ 90 degs and terminated into a 680 ohm resistor. I recently
changed the pitch on the front of this antenna from 90 to 45 degrees
which I have found to further enhance to S/N ratio. I'm feeding the
beverage box with RG6U quad shielded 75 ohm coax. The 75 ohm cable is
then plugged into an ICE rf limiter model 196. This is used to ensure no
stray rf enters front-end of radio. From the rf limiter I go to the "B"
side of a A/B coax switch.
I currently use a Yaesu ft-1000 mp. On the back of this rig there are
two jacks (RX-IN) (RX-OUT).
I feed the out jack into the "A" position on the A/B coax switch. The
common terminal of the A/B switch then goes to a ICE model 130
pre-amp.This pre-amp is variable gain and has an on-off switch. I find
being able to vary the gain 0-20 db really helps to pull some of the
weak one's through. The signal is then feed back into the RX-IN jack on
the rig.
I also can use the "A" position to inset this pre-amp with my other
antennas. This really seems to be nice on a quiet band. I'm located
about 1/4 mile north of the bay here on Long Island. At this location
I'm very happy with this configuration. The receive antenna is by no
means equal to a full size beverage but in my location this is what has
worked for me.
Regards Mike N2TX
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