Topband: BEVS ON SAME SUPPORT

[Bill and Liz]

Like ZL3IX, I also had very poor results with a Beverage travelling too close to a fence.  F/B was bad but even worse was coupling of noise picked up by the fence.

WRT a second Bev on the same post, 12"-18" is far too close to space the two wires.  I have several Bevs which cross at something other than 90 degrees and these antennas always seem to be less effective than those which do not cross another antenna.  Even though unused Bevs are grounded, are not parallell and the crossings are seperated by a foot or more, there IS coupling which is reflected in slightly elevated noise and lower F/B.

So, my suggestion regarding running Bevs in opposite directions on the same poles would be "don't try it"!

Bill VE3CSK