Topband: Phased Short Beverages

Fred Moeves fmoeves at twc.com
Tue Jan 12 16:07:39 EST 2021


Jim,
Thank you very much.
And I can confirm that even short (300') Beverages work on slopes.

I do have one question please will loops like the VE3DO,DHDL and others 
work on a slope?

73
Fred KB4QZH

On 1/12/2021 3:45 PM, Jim Brown wrote:
> On 1/12/2021 11:14 AM, Fred Moeves wrote:
>> The property is on a slope that dumps into a creek then back up 
>> another slope.
>> I don't think a 4 square would work i these conditions.
>>
>> I was surprised how well the short Beverages worked out.
>
> Both I and NI6T, a great engineer and topband op, have Beverages over 
> VERY irregular sloped terrain, and they work just fine. Both of us are 
> in dense redwood forests, where a 4-square is totally impractical. 
> Mine are 500 ft and 550 ft, reversible using DX Eng hardware.
>
> 73, Jim K9YC
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