Topband: Beverage RX Antenna and the TTLLCCA

[Telegrapher9 at aol.com]

Thie Beverage discussion is quite illuminating. It seems then that the 
Beverage works well over a wide range of ground types but does not work (as a 
Beverage) over very good ground or very poor ground. 

Is is a cross between a quasi-TEM t-line and an antenna?

The polarization is 100% vertical on axis and is tilted off axis. Broadside 
the polarization is 100% horizontal. 

I experimented in NEC with an additional wire running under the Beverage. 
With the wire grounded things were not too bad. Connecting the added wire to the 
Beverage, as a two wire Beverage, did not work well at all. 

If anyone has very good ground or very poor ground and would like a 
"Beverage-like" radiation pattern contact me for information on the TTLLCCA. 
Mechanically it is similar to a Beverage - same height and length yet is not affected 
much by the ground under it. The polarization is predominantly vertical on and 
off axis. 

    Dave WX7G