Chuck,
I can't imagine a 2% slope would make much difference. I have two 500'
Beverages in the mountains here and they drop off a good 100 feet. Or 20%
slope. They work well both directions. Using the DXE reflection box at the
lower end of each. However instead of "good" soil mine is fractured sandstone
or "very poor" soil. That might help.
73,
Steve
N6SJ
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From: TowerTalk <towertalk-bounces@contesting.com> On Behalf Of Chuck Dietz
Sent: Wednesday, August 2, 2023 11:15 AM
To: Towertalk Reflector <towertalk@contesting.com>
Subject: [TowerTalk] Beverage on Sloping Ground
Am I correct in assuming that Beverage wires sloping downward from the feed
point to the termination will work better than ones that slope upward? I have
two places I would like to put bidirectional Beverages, but they are both on
sloping ground. I’m wondering if it would be worth the effort to make them
bidirectional or should I just go with unidirectional ones toward the downslope
direction? Soil is good and the slope would be about 10’ or a little less in
the 500’ or so lengths. They will be about 10’ high so the tractor will go
under them. Quiet country local.
Chuck W5PR
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