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From: "Tom W8JI" <w8ji@w8ji.com>
To: <topband@contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, August 10, 2012 11:45 PM
Subject: Re: Topband: RX 4 SQ Phasing
> >I use 5 two wire Beverages for 10 directions and have good directivity
> >down
>> to the 175 KHz LF BCB and they are only 500-700' long. Performance seems
>> to
>> exceed published info. On the US BCB its like aiming a long yagi on 2M,
>> multiple stations on the same frequency can be heard with ease during the
>> day.
>
> If any of us **really** had an antenna as sharp as a long Yagi, we'd need
> 16
> or more antennas to cover useful directions.
** More like 24, my 70cm yagis are 15 degrees.
>
> That's pretty typical behavior for a properly installed Beverage no matter
> what the location, unless you park it over saltwater.
>
> 73 Tom
** That doesnt make sense since the books, etc claim virtually no
directivity at a 1/4 wave. At 175 KHz a 1/4 wave is 1406'.
Carl
KM1H
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