Topband: Best Height Above Ground for a Beverage RX Antenna

Jim Brown jim at audiosystemsgroup.com
Wed Jan 10 22:00:18 EST 2007


On Wed, 10 Jan 2007 18:27:03 -0800, Richard \(Rick\) Karlquist 
wrote:

>That's interesting.  My beverages (at 2 to 3 feet) are
>OK on 160, good on 80 (I can work LP), and positively fabulous
>on 40 and 30, especially LP.  

That's what I would expect. Mine are pretty high (as a fraction of a 
wavelength) on 40, about right on 160. 

Jim




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