[TowerTalk] DX Engineering Beverage Question

[K1TTT]

I use a system like that.  Check the construction at:
http://wiki.k1ttt.net/Rx%20Antennas.ashx
The only difference from those pictures is the homebrew boxes were replaced
by the dx engineering ones.  They work just fine for me.


David Robbins K1TTT
e-mail: mailto:k1ttt at arrl.net
web: http://www.k1ttt.net
AR-Cluster node: 145.69MHz or telnet://dxc.k1ttt.net
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jim Garland [mailto:4cx250b at muohio.edu]
> Sent: Wednesday, April 15, 2009 16:42
> To: TowerTalk at contesting.com
> Subject: [TowerTalk] DX Engineering Beverage Question
> 
> Hi Gang,
> 
> Now that Spring is here (more or less), I'm finally getting around to
> installing beverage antennas and wanted to solicit suggestions and
> comments.
> I'm thinking of using the DX Engineering bidirectional beverage system. My
> plans call for two bidirectional beverages, each 720 ft long, so that I
> can
> switch into four quadrants. The three end points (they meet at a single
> vertex) will use 4x4 posts set in the ground, with intermediate 2x4 posts
> spaced 120 ft apart. Height above ground will nominally be 7 ft - 6 in.  I
> want this to be a "permanent" installation, which will be in place
> year-round.  I notice that the DX Engineering writeup (based on the W8JI
> design) for their products differs somewhat from the ON4UN beverage
> recommendations, and wonder what experience folks have had with both?
> 
> Tnx and 73,
> 
> Jim Garland W8ZR
> 
> _______________________________________________
> 
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> TowerTalk mailing list
> TowerTalk at contesting.com
> http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/towertalk