Topband: Beverage Antenna

[Buck wh7dx]

This is my first post so I hope this is correct.  Not sure where it's going.. how it's linked in the thread?

I have a 160M dipole up as high as I can.  About 40 feet at center and 20 feet at ends in the trees.   On a sloping hill.. 200ft above ocean that is <100 yards away.  South and East are my strong locations (height, no noise, ocean)

I live in Hawaii.   

On 160 Dipole I've been able to hear Europe at times and North America.  I don't know CW yet, but a friend had the first CW contact to the west coast recently.   No grey band etc.. So I wasn't just radiating straight up?

I almost had contact with either Taiwan or Togo S. Africa (which was grey line).   I was only getting a garbled message - couldn't make it out.   Pretty sure I heard WH7 two times.   It was loud in (4-5) in and out but too garbled.  Noticed those two on the cluster at 1.830 shortly after.  Hardly any activity at the time etc.

Noise is usually about 3-4.   1.808 has a constant noise.   That's not the NJ problem is it??

I'm going to run a 600ft Beverage and I'm thinking of putting that on my Yaesu 987 with tuner as a receiving antenna.   More fail safe than using Antenna 1 & 2 on my Kenwood 570 and forgetting to switch while broadcasting.

The hill behind my house continues up to about 650ft.   To the right is east and the same elevation.  My dipole is behind the house running parallel to the property - East / West.

I guess I'm terminated the end of the beverage and I'm just wondering the best direction to run it.   It's either up the hill which is more North or to the East?   I'm thinking more East?

I don't know if running a beverage up a hill is a good idea.   I'd like to point it S/E but that's not possible with Coax location.   East??

I have a 40 & 80 dipole in the same location and they are able to work NA and the Pacific.  

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