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Re: Topband: Small Loop does not receive weak signal on 160m BOUVET RX S

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Subject: Re: Topband: Small Loop does not receive weak signal on 160m BOUVET RX SPOILER
From: Mike Waters <mikewate@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 24 Dec 2022 13:49:40 -0600
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Oops! DON'T use an RF choke for a single-wire Beverage. Just the OY 470 ohm
resistor to a good RF ground. Sorry.

73 Mike
W0BTU

On Sat, Dec 24, 2022, 1:44 PM Mike Waters <mikewate@gmail.com> wrote:

> You need to drain off the snow static etc. with a resistor in series with
> a proper RF choke. The values are on this page. And buy the Ohmite resistor
> specified! :-)
>
>
> https://web.archive.org/web/20181115070846/http://www.w0btu.com/Beverage_antennas.html
>
> On Sat, Dec 24, 2022, 12:34 PM Wes <wes_n7ws@triconet.org> wrote:
>
>> Did you have RX antennas that allowed you to work through the snow
>> storms?  Here
>> in AZ we can draw an ac in a PL259 in a dust storm.
>>
>> Wes  N7WS
>>
>
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