Topband: Fw: Speaking of phased beverages...

[David Olean]

I tried a phased beverage array. I assume that it is working, but have 
nothing to compare it to directly. I live in hilly terrain. In fact, the 
phased beverage is on the side of "my" hill.  The two wires are spaced 
about 360 to 380 ft apart and both are around 1100 ft long. Both are 
aimed at northern Europe. They do take up a lot of room. I figured about 
10-11 acres! I have two separate feedlines that are quite long, 1000 and 
1400 ft long.  Beverage #1 is on flat ground at the base of a ridgeline 
that is 200 ft higher. Beverage #2 is on top or on the slope of that 
ridge running parallel to #1. The interesting fact that I have observed 
is that beverage #2 (the higher one) hears quite a bit better than 
beverage #1. I use an NCC-1 box to combine both wires. If both are in 
phase, the signal gets stronger, so I know it is adding properly. I can 
also null out stuff in other directions, but it takes some finesse and 
gain adjustments to achieve good nulls.

So why is the higher beverage working better? I assume it is the local 
terrain. My next plan is to assemble a third wire up on top of the ridge 
to check out my theory, but the feedline will be 1800 ft long! I need a 
better way to get the signals back home!

Dave K1WHS

On 4/14/2019 9:27 PM, daraymond at iowatelecom.net wrote:
> Phased Bevs are great. . .if you have the room and not have to take them down seasonally for crop work, etc.  I put up the Hi-Z 8 circle/160 array about seven years ago, have not put up a Beverage since. . .and not looked back.    YMMV. . .73. . . Dave, W0FLS
>
> From: Peter Meyer
> Sent: Sunday, April 14, 2019 3:05 PM
> To: Brian Campbell ; John Harden, D.M.D. ; daraymond at iowatelecom.net ; w5zn at w5zn.org ; uy0zg ; lee at k7tjr.com
> Subject: Re: Topband: NA activity CW topband ....................
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> My RX is up 24/7.  I eliminated the Hi-Z-8-Pro a few years ago because of all the lightning/static issues.  Now running phased beverages in 7 directions. I haven't really looked back.
>
> Nick - I am QRV 160m all summer.  Just when my SS
> gets so late, it gets harder to stay up later for the EU SR.
>
> 73/DX - Pete N0FW
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