[TowerTalk] Where to point beverage antenns

[ted demopoulos]

A fairly easy one is to make it a two wire beverage reversible that you can 
use NE or SW. My two wire beverages are spaced 12" and I use a single coax 
and Ameritron switch box.
I've got beverages NE, SW, NW, SE, and E/W (di-directional).

Certainly NE is the most often used. After that, I guess it depends on 
whether your a DXer or contester to some extent.
SE is a great direction, covering Carribean and South America.
West is used pretty commonly by me for the Pacific.
NW I don't use much, although it is useful for JA. But it seems that often 
JA is better for me on the TX antennas (like this weekend on 80m) on this 
path
SW is good for the Pacific too, Zone 7, and often for JA/Asia as well.
East I rarely use in contests, but is used in DXing quite a bit.

So, if I was going to string another wire after NE, I'd probably do SE (or 
maybe 165 degrees) first if primarily a contester or a newer lowband DXer 
who needs lots of Carribean/SA, or West if primarily a contester

73
Ted KT1V


>From: "Lester  Kemble" <kg1d at earthlink.net>
>To: <towertalk at contesting.com>
>Subject: [TowerTalk] Where to point beverage antenns
>Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2003 21:23:42 -0400
>
>I live in Connecticut and have one beverage pointed to Europe. Question is 
>where will i get the most bang for the buck (where to Point)  a second and 
>third beverage.
>                                 73 Les KG1D
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