[TowerTalk] TowerTalk Digest, Vol 158, Issue 20

[Richard (Rick) Karlquist]

On 2/10/2016 12:56 PM, Patrick Greenlee wrote:

> centers.  I was thinking of attaching extensions to the T-posts to get
> more elevation for the Beverage as the T-posts' tops are at about 4 1/3
> ft above ground.  If te antenna were to pass by  a gate it would  have
> to be elevated to at least 10 ft for a distance of 20 ft or so to allow

I found that 3 feet high is better than 10 feet high. YMMV.

> experimentation.  If a shielded magnetic loop would do nearly as well it
> might be a better choice for the next experiment after the two in

> Patrick        NJ5G
>

If your dominant noise is power line noise from a certain
direction, the shielded loop may help.  What I found with
beverages was that even the 400 foot ones showed directivity,
even on the AM BCB, but that didn't translate into much better
copy on 160 meter signals vs noise.  A low dipole with good
feedline isolation can often hear well.

Rick N6RK