Topband: Beverages 2 basic questions

[Mike Waters]

The hams with Beverages that cover more than four directions likely have
Beverages with a 3 dB beamwidth narrower than 90 degrees, such as:

1. A single Bev 1.5 or 2 wavelengths long
2. Two of them pointing the same direction and phased together.
    See http://www.w8ji.com/echelon-log_beverages.htm

If four are good, then more is better, and a whole lot is just right. :-)

73, Mike
http://www.w0btu.com/Beverage_antennas.html

On Fri, Nov 30, 2012 at 1:46 PM, Eduardo Araujo <er_araujo at yahoo.com> wrote:

>   If I install 4 x 600 feet or 5 x 900 feet beverages, I should cover 360
> degress with deeps of no more than 3 or 4 db respect the main lobe.
>
> 1 - Why many DXers and contester install 10 or 12 direction beverages ??
> What am I seriously missing with my simple analysis?
>