I have never had any luck with short beverages, EWE's, FLAGS, low
dipoles, etc. Total waste of time.
In 2010 I went to the Hi-Z 3, then the Hi-Z 4, and finally the Hi-Z 8. I
hear stuff I have never heard before..
Since then I added a Waller FLAG on a 34 ft boom at 95 feet...
Best moves I ever made..
73,
John, W4NU
On 6/30/2020 3:04 PM, Brad Rehm wrote:
Mark,
I didn't see any mention of a preamp. Signals from a good Beverage are
typically 20-30 dB below what you'd hear from a dipole or a vertical.
Everything else you've done looks good. Keep it up!
73,
Brad KV5V
Salado, Texas
On Tue, Jun 30, 2020 at 1:57 PM Mark Lunday <wd4elg@outlook.com> wrote:
"Beverages just want to work" is what I have heard.
Not having much luck with that here. I suspect operator/installation
error.
I did a lot of reading and I must be doing something wrong.
* 250 feet of insulated wire strung out in 030 degrees direction
toward EU, pretty straight, varying in height from 4 to 6 feet, running
through thick brush with no metal objects or artificial elements along the
run.
* 9:1 transformer at feed point with ground rod
* 300 feet of coax, mix of RG-8, MMR-400 to get to the edge of the
woods from the house
* No terminating resistor
On bands 160-40, the signals are very weak. I am monitoring WSPR, FT8. I
can hear signals on 160-40 but they are way down compared to dipoles and
inverted L on the same bands. Like 20-30 db down. From what I read, I
should NOT need an HF pre-amplifier, right?
Signals on 30 and 20 seem to be better and I can copy some DX from EU on
FT8.
I will try installing a new ground rod, the old one is 10 years old and
perhaps not making a good ground connection at the feedpoint. The
transformer is brand new, so that's not an issue. The coax has tested out
fine. Soil is central North Carolina clay, a bit dry at this time.
I am guessing performance is poor on 160-40 because of the short length
and that it's bi-directional (no terminating resistor), which I am seeing
on 30 meters. But I did not think it would be THIS bad on 160-40....
Mark Lunday, WD4ELG
Greensboro, NC FM06be
wd4elg@arrl.net<mailto:wd4elg@arrl.net>
http://wd4elg.blogspot.com
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