Topband: Where to ground the Beverage feedline?

Martin dm4im at t-online.de
Tue Nov 20 06:40:00 EST 2012


Topbanders,
thank you for the comments so far.

With the initial setup the feedline crossed the entire run in the air, 
high enough to let even cars with antennas pass under it.
After i buried the feedline, the antenna had become so quiet that i 
checked for loose connections at the feedpoint and the termination 
resistor. Amazing.

The feedline is buried about 3-4 inches for the first 7-8 meters, then 
about 1 inch for the rest (about 20m).

The transformer is a BN73-something binocular core, wound as suggested 
by W0BTU and others.

Someone suggested to ground the feedline where it leaves the ground (at 
the shack end), will this improve things?

-- 

Ohne CW ist es nur CB..

73, Martin DM4iM


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