Topband: Beverage

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bruce" <k1fz at myfairpoint.net>
To: <topband at contesting.com>
Sent: Sunday, July 22, 2012 2:38 PM
Subject: Topband: Beverage


> At low impedance, the impedance can double in inches* of spacing change , 
> at
> high impedance doubling the impedance takes a lot of spacing change,
>
> Electric Fence wire can be mounted vertically to eliminate cross arms.
>

I believe the problem with that was covered in one of ON4UN's books or 
elsewhere.


> Harold Beverage ran the Belfast Beverage spaced horizontally, and
> transposed frequently.   No need to do so now.


Transposing, aka twisting, is automatic with most of the 2 wire cables in 
use.W8JI and others claim it improves the balance. All I know is that my 2 
wire Beverages have better F/R than the old single ones and they have plenty 
of twists all on their own when installing.

Carl
KM1H





>
> *Inch/inches depending upon starting impedance and wire sizes.
>
> 73
> Bruce-K1FZ
>
>
>> Thats fine for single wire installs, making and installing spacers for a 
>> 2
>> wire is a pain and likely far from a perfect balance.
>>
>> Carl
>> KM1H
>>
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