Topband: beverage on sloping terrain

[Mike Waters]

I think they would all work, Jorge. Just keep the distance between the
earth and the wire as constant as you are able to.

And, of course, orient the Beverages so that they point within about 35 or
40 degrees either side of the desired DX's compass heading.

73, Mike
www.w0btu.com

On Sat, Apr 4, 2015 at 5:31 PM, Jorge Diez - CX6VM <cx6vm.jorge at gmail.com>
wrote:

> How terrain slopes affect the performance of a beverage?
> For example, a 800 ft long beverage, with different ground conditions:
>
> a) ... from a height of 400 feet ASL where beverage start, at half the
> beverage is at a height of 300 feet ASL and begins climbing to 400 feet ASL
> at the end of the beverage
>
> b) ... rises from a height of 300 feet ASL where the beverage start to 400
> feet ASL where the beverage finish
>
> c) ... down from a height of 400 feet ASL where the beverage start to 300
> feet ASL where the beverage finish
>
> Option a) will result in a bad beverage performance?
> What about options b) and c)?
>
> Thanks,
> Jorge
> CX6VM/CW5W