Topband: 160 Rrceiving

[Chuck Hutton]

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.

73 & GL        George    K8GG


George:

I agree that a 480 foot Beverage ought to be useful but the velocity factor
of a Beverage will likely be somewhere between .8 and .9, depending mostly
on height above ground and soil characteristics.


Chuck