Topband: Short beverage

W2RU - Bud Hippisley W2RU at frontiernet.net
Sat Jan 22 15:27:09 PST 2011


On Jan 22, 2011, at 4:11 PM, Chuck Chandler wrote:
> {T}here is a ravine into the neighbors land that might let me put [a Beverage] out around 300 feet or so heading towards Europe. 

> I guess my real question is if a short beverage is worth the effort.

Each of my three Beverages (NE, NW, W) is approximately 250 to 300 feet long because of similar space limitations.  Because my TX vertical is omnidirectional, I find my Beverages to be extremely useful on 160 (and certainly 80) much of the time.  I would not be without them.

Bud, W2RU


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