[SECC] Short Beverages & Snakes

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 Bill...

 Try a K9AY loop or something like that. The Top Band reflector on contesting.com has a bunch of good ideas on RCV antennas. Also try some
of the current antennas you have up as a RCV antenna. I have heard of people using their 40 meter yagi as a RCV antenna. When I was in Ohio my zepp - cut
for 80 meters was a good RCV antenna on 160. I used an Inverted L for transmit.
Good Luck...

                      Jeff


> 
> From: Bill Coleman <aa4lr at arrl.net>
> Date: 2003/07/16 Wed AM 07:52:38 EDT
> To: <secc at contesting.com>,  <towertalk at contesting.com>
> Subject: [SECC] Short Beverages & Snakes
> 
> It's summertime, and I'm thinking of improvements to my antennas. In 
> particular, I'd like to have a low-noise receiving antenna for 40, 80 and 
> maybe 160m. This would likely be used for domestic stations on 40 and 80 
> for Sweepstakes, or perhaps Europe on 80 and 160.
> 
> My problem is that my lot isn't very big. I could put about 200 feet of 
> temporary beverage to the north (for domestic), or about 150 feet of 
> beverage to the NE (for europe). This is awfully short of the recommended 
> 600 or so feet for 160m.
> 
> Are shorter beverages effective?
> 
> I've also read about people placing beverage wires directly on the 
> ground. For temporary antennas, this might work out well for me. Of 
> course, to get the desired directions, I'd probably have to run a long 
> feedline to the beverage start point, which might result in considerable 
> pickup on the feedline itself.
> 
> Oh, and a NE beverage would have to pass over the radial field for my 
> shunt-fed tower. I understand that, ideally, beverages should be 
> separated from your other antennas. How much separation is necessary?
> 
> Perhaps my lot is so small it offers too many compromises for effective 
> beverage use. Am I better off erecting a flag, pennant or K9AY loop, 
> which I could get 60-80 feet away from the radial field?
> 
> Any suggestions welcome.
> 
> Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASEL        Mail: aa4lr at arrl.net
> Quote: "Not within a thousand years will man ever fly!"
>             -- Wilbur Wright, 1901
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