Topband: 160 Rrceiving

[George (K8GG) & Marijke Guerin]

Ken, K5WK wrote:

(Refering to a DX Engineering receiving 4-square)

 Thanks for the responses.  Some off line, not everyone is crazy about it - 
as expected.  (I am considering the ARAV-4P version -- I really don't want 
to
> face the effort for a full scale T/R setup since some radials would go 
> thru wooded areas.)
...snip...
A beverage would be only about 480 feet long, IMHO too short.

Ken K5WK


OM Ken & fellow Topbanders,

I would not sell a 480 foot Beverage short.  They work.  Especially if 
covered with plastic insulation, the velocity factor is close to 10 percent 
vs. 5 percent for bare or enamelled wire, so the antenna is about one 
wavelength (WL) long on 160 and two WL's on 80.

I have worked some very rare 160 meter DX using single wire one WL beverages 
in the 450 - 500 foot range with vinyl insulation.

73 & GL        George    K8GG