Topband: The 500 Foot Beverage

[Brian Mattson]

I needed a Beverage towards Europe to use on my 1920's station, so I picked up a roll of #14 THHN and strung it out through a Cedar Swamp at 30" average height. I couldn't resist putting the MFJ on it, and was surprised to find out that it resonates at 1840 kHz! (Not that it really matters).

We are in prime deer country, and had a bear come through as recently as last week, but there have been no breaks in 3 years now. I think the white color is visible & they just step over it.

Performance is quite good, and I think the low height keeps the QRN down some. With storms in the area, it often hears better than my 6 element array, so it gets used on the "new" rig as well.

Brian  K8BHZ