Topband: Phased 2-wire Beverage antennas

Tom Rauch w8ji@contesting.com
Thu, 02 Jan 2003 07:41:39 -0500


 > Got a question about the two-wire Beverage antennas....
 >
 > Assuming that:
 > 1. Two identical 2-wire Beverages, separated by, say 270 feet...
 >> 5. The coax is matched to the connected loads... 6. Both antennas
are
 > being operated in the "PUSH-PULL" mode...
 >     receiving from the "back" or "near" direction of the antenna....

Yes, it makes a difference! That would put one of the antenna out-of-
phase!

You must have the phase identical in the back-fire mode.

Also, each antenna must have similar or ideally the same phase delay
along the antenna wires.

73, Tom W8JI
W8JI@contesting.com