Topband: Beverage upgrade question

Kenny Silverman kenny.k2kw at gmail.com
Tue Aug 23 16:07:26 EDT 2022


In a rural area with no significant man made noise, if you redesign a beverage for better RDF when do you start to notice a difference?

I’m considering upgrading my single EU beverage at 625’ (190m) to a pair in echelon where will each be 550’ (168m) with 20’ (6m)  spacing . The increase in RDF is 0.8 dB - will it be noticeable?

I realize if there’s noise in a direction where you reduce the energy you will better hear the difference , but my EU beverage is quiet.   Though the F/B change will help with thunder storms off the back. 

Overall I tend to receive better than I transmit to EU.  

73 , Kenny K2KW 


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