Topband: What do you use as a "RUN" Antenna?

[Jeff Woods]

Mike,

I use a short (450') E/W bi-directional beverage when running.  This is antenna is a single-wire with transformers at both ends, feeding two co-ax runs to the shack.  The lines go into a switchbox where I can select either direction (terminating the unused co-ax in 75 ohms) OR, select both directions by paralleling the feeds to the receiver.  The parallel arrangement using both directions works well for running.  

Next year I'm hoping to run two synchronized receivers and feed the east and west separately into each of the two receivers.  East will be in the right ear of headphones and west in the left ear.  This will help in picking out weak sigs from W7 calls that are actually in Florida and best received on the SE beverage :-)  


-Jeff
W0ODS
Iowa




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> From: D Michael <damichael at verizon.net>
>To: topband at contesting.com 
>Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2012 6:30 PM
>Subject: Topband: What do you use as a "RUN" Antenna?
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>Hello All,
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>What do you use as a "RUN" antenna in the CQ 160 contest?
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>I tried using my TX TEE  but my neighbor now has a plasma TV and all I hear is that thing. How can they pass emmission testing and be legal?
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>Any way I have 2 x 300 foot long reversable beverages but I need a better way to run so I don't miss so many callers. I live on a 150'x 200' town lot so I don't have much antenna  seperation space. I am doing the beverages with understanding neighbors who allow me to string them along above their fences.
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>So I am looking for a better RX RUN antenna setup.
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>TNX es 73,
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>Mike W3TS
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