Topband: Re: Beverage Length

[Bob Eldridge]

>     Seems to me that anything much shorther then 4 wl doesn´t
>     work. If you check Misek's book you can see that you need
>     about 4 wl for 25-30 deg waveangle and anything higher than 
>     that is useless.
>     PS: This 2wl stuff below I don´t understand. IMHO the waveangle
>     is the far too high to receive the DX. Sure the wire will RX a lot
>     of signals but I´m looking for DX and where I´m at in the aurora
>     zone the lower angle I can produce the better. Any more idéas?

Can't let that go without comment!

This is HF thinking, and Beverages are for 160 and 80, where low angle
signals hardly exist unless you are on or close to the sea.

Harold Beverage showed that 1w is the optimum for amateur use, and 1/2w
almost as good.

Bob VE7BS


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