Topband: Bi-directional Beverage for DXpedition

[Earl W Cunningham]

Bob, N6WG wrote:

"...you could use a pair of on-ground radials in place of the ground rod
in your questionable ground.   Just make the radials equally about 1/4
wave long each, and point them at right angles to the end of the Bev,
like crossing a T."
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In this poor Mojave Desert soil, I initially used only one 6-foot ground
rod at each end of a Beverage. When I added one on-ground 1/4-wave radial
at the terminated end of a Beverage, it made a big difference in the F/B
and F/S ratios of the antenna.  The radial continued straight toward the
signal direction rather than at right angles.  

I didn't use any radials at the fed end of the Beverage.

73, de Earl, K6SE