Topband: Beverage Antenna

[Grant Saviers]

I'm not sure why the bidirectional coaxial cable Beveridge doesn't get 
more discussion.  It is described in ON4UN's book, and seemed to work 
fine when I built one at a prior QTH, although it does take two 
feedlines from what would logically be the closest end to the shack.  
Given the price of RG6 and surplus RG58/59 it is easier and potentially 
cheaper than open wire feedline.  Three transformers and no relays.  
(page 7-88 5th edition and earlier editions as well)

Is there some reason that a pair of open wires are significantly better?

Grant KZ1W


On 11/9/2012 4:24 PM, Mike Waters wrote:
> Have you ever thought of using a 2-wire bi-directional Beverage? They are
> not complex at all. It only takes one more wire, two more simple
> transformers, and one more run of coax. A remote relay and four extra parts
> even lets you use just one run of coax for both directions.
>
> If you run a single wire Beverage in the opposite direction, then you have
> to put up twice as many supports (unless you have trees). But with a
> two-wire Beverage, you can use the same supports for both directions.
>
> 73, Mike
> http://www.w0btu.com/Beverage_antennas.html
>
> On Fri, Nov 9, 2012 at 3:00 PM, Buck wh7dx <wh7dx at hawaii.rr.com> wrote:
>
>> Use RG-6 line in the future and run another Beverage in the opposite
>> direction - NW.
>>
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