Topband: Antenna Comments Please

[john battin]

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  From: N5TY - Ken<mailto:Ken_N5TY at alltel.net> 
  To: topband at contesting.com<mailto:topband at contesting.com> 
  Sent: Monday, August 08, 2005 8:53 PM
  Subject: Topband: Antenna Comments Please


  Hi,

  Various construction projects have required removal of all of my 880' beverages.  The new beverage footprint needs to shrink into a smaller area.  Here is what I am considering at the moment:

  3- 550' two-wire switchable-direction beverages made from 450 ohm open feedline.  Using reflection transformers as described in ON4UN's handbook.  Further on the NE/SW beverage add a staggered beverage for the NE direction at least

  Ken, I think you will find the 550 footers quite useful, and without the ability to do a real-time a/b test, you may not notice the difference. Although most of my beverages are longer, I still have several 580 footers that I do not change and use them as reference antennas. They still work.
  John K9DX
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