Topband: tree losses

[Mike Waters]

Hi Tim,

Here's how I did it.
http://www.w0btu.com/Beverage_antennas.html#transmitting_on_a_Beverage

I left the termination resistor off, and it still had a 5 dB F/B ratio.

I also connected the two wires at each end and added a few extra radials.
It surprised me how well it worked on 75 meters and up. It was fun to try,
but I wouldn't recommend trying to win any contests with it. :-)

73, Mike

On Mon, Aug 5, 2013 at 1:06 PM, Shoppa, Tim <tshoppa at wmata.com> wrote:

> Every time I accidentally transmit into my receive antennas, I burn out
> the matching transformers and/or termination resistors in short order!
>
> I would guess the military termination resistors are quite a bit beefier
> :-)
>
> Tim N3QE
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Topband [mailto:topband-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Mike
> Waters
> Sent: Monday, August 05, 2013 2:04 PM
> To: Tom W8JI; topband
> Subject: Re: Topband: tree losses
>
> Bingo!  Just because the military does (or did) something with antennas
> doesn't means it's good for us all to repeat.
>
> There was a discussion some time back that a Beverage must make a good
> transmitting antenna, because the military does it somewhere. I can vouch
> for the fact that while we can indeed transmit on a Beverage and make
> contacts with it, a vertical with a few radials makes a *much *better TX
> antenna.
>