Topband: Cone of Silence

[Herb Schoenbohm]

I sure enjoy the discussion on this topic. However,  I would like to 
sheepishly, perhaps foolishly, ask if folding the short vertical 
Beverage termination down lead wire back and forth on itself with some 
small spacers would reduce the vertical pick up somewhat due to a 
cancellation effect.?

Another means, although more complex, might be to mount the termination 
resister at the high point and construction the earthing wire out of 
Tri-Ax forming a Faraday shield.  The  Faraday shield principles work 
well at AF and Video mitigating induced hum in long runs of cable. Maybe 
since the Beverage is totally unbalanced end to end these ideas just 
would not apply.   Please let me know and I don't mind being flamed for 
my suggestion.  It is all part of the learning process.

Herb Schoenbohm, KV4FZ
St. Croix, USVI


>>I disagree that the quantity of signal induced in this manner is not detrimental to
>>performance.  All you have to do is insert a short piece of wire into the
>>antenna jack of your receiver to know how much signal that short piece can
>>deliver.
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>>I believe that small amount of signal from unwanted directions can, in
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>>instances, totally obscure a weak signal from the desired direction.
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>>Milt, N5IA
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