Topband: VK9WWI Report - Beverages

[Jeff Maass]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: topband-bounces at contesting.com 
> [mailto:topband-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of G3SVL
> Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2007 5:27 PM
> To: topband at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: Topband: VK9WWI Report - Beverages
> 
> At 16:04 10/10/2007, Eddy wrote:
> >On 8th October, George wrote...
> >
> >"...The Beverage worked so well that a couple of days later 
> we extended 
> >it to 220 meters... The extended Beverage, however, produced much 
> >better signals, especially on 160 m... The Beverage worked very well 
> >for us for the rest of the operation. It was very good on 160 meters 
> >and it was superb on 80 meters..."
> >
> >**********************************
> >Most interesting, George --- your decision to erect a 
> Beverage runs in 
> >direct opposition to ON4UN's admonitions against utilizing Beverages 
> >near salt water like that...
> >
> >~73~ Eddy VE3CUI - VE3XZ
> 
> 
> Eddy, George et al,
> 
> As the island is only 1km long by 100 - 200m wide and no more 
> than 2m ASL we were never far from the ocean!  Despite this 
> the beverages worked well and were the rx antenna of choice 
> on 160m and to a slightly lesser extent on 80m.  Clearly we 
> should pool this knowledge to gain a greater understanding of 
> the variables - and of course try some controlled experiments.
> 

At PJ2T (a much less rare destination than VK9E or 3B7,
of course, but near salt water just the same) our permanent
650-foot USA/JA Beverage runs within a foot or two of the
the top of an oceanside cliff, 37 feet above the Caribbean.
It works very well. We've tried pennants, flags, K9AYs, and
even have a new DX Engineering 4-square, and our USA
Beverage at seaside works as a Beverage should work in
comparison to those other RX antennas.

I wouldn't plan on running a Beverage across a Bay and
expecting it to work very well directly over the water,
but proximity to the ocean is not a killer of Beverage
performance.

73,

Jeff Maass  K8ND

CCC Web Site: http://www.pj2t.org

PJ2T Slide Show:
   http://www.k8nd.com/Radio/DELARA_PPT2.pdf
  (Prepared for local radio club meeting)