[TowerTalk] are small loops in beverages bad?

[Paul Kelley N1BUG]

Tonno,

I have tried hanging my Beverages the way you suggest and also 
without any such loops. I could see no difference in performance.

But, I had more problems with broken Beverages when it was looped 
around something. If it is partly supported by small trees and there 
is not enough slack in the wire, the wire may break when the trees 
sway in a strong wind. If a tree falls on the Beverage, it will 
definitely break the wire.

Now I use insulators in which the wire is free to move... a "U" 
shaped plastic clip nailed to the tree and the wire simply running 
through the "U". At the far end (terminated end) of each Beverage I 
fasten it to the support tree with a short length of smaller 
diameter wire, insulated from the Beverage wire itself. If the 
forces of wind are too great or a tree falls on the Beverage, this 
'strain relief' at the end will break first, saving the Beverage 
wire. It seems less trouble to repair this than to keep splicing 
broken Beverages. I also use small diameter wire (easily broken) to 
connect the Beverage wire to the box containing the terminating 
resistor. This prevents damage to the terminating box if something 
falls on the Beverage.

73,
Paul N1BUG


Tonno Vahk wrote:
> What do the beverage experts think about fixing the elongated beverage in 
> the forest by running a few turns of the wire around the nail or branch that 
> is used for it's support?
> 
> Do you think it affects the work of the beverage in any way if I have a few 
> such small "coils" of 1-2cm diameter and 5-6 turns along the beverage?
> 
> Should I rather cut the wire short and connect the ends again instead of 
> rolling it around the supporting nail or branch?
> 
> 73
> Tonno
> ES5TV