Topband: Bi-Directional Beverage Questionfrom Sabrina

[Sabrina Friedman]

Phil,

I built my own bidirectional, two-wire beverages (probably very like the DXE
units) and, in my opinion polarity only matters if you are phasing two
beverages.

73,

geo - n4ua

On Sun, Jul 31, 2011 at 3:38 PM, Phil Clements <philclements at centurylink.net
> wrote:

> I have four bi-directional Beverages from DX Engineering.
>
> They tell you that when installing, make sure the ladder line side
> connected
> to the "+" terminal on one end is connected to the "+" terminal on the
> other
> end.
>
> They do not furnish a schematic, so I have  been installing a battery on
> one
> end of the ladder line and reading volts on the other. I then mark the "+"
> side with red tape.
>
> The rub comes in when weather or an animal breaks the ladder line somewhere
> between the ends, and a repair is made. The brush and trees make it
> difficult to take a trip 720 feet down to the far end to place the battery,
> and then 720 feet back to the near end to read the results, then back to
> the
> far end to remove the battery and re-connect the line.
>
> It would be so nice and time saving to be able to take readings at one end
> and see if the polarity is correct without all the leg-work?
>
>
>
> Any ideas out there?  Does it really matter about the polarity?
>
>
>
> Thanks in advance for any advice.
>
>
>
> (((73)))
>
> Phil, K5PC
>
>
>
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