[TowerTalk] Beverage on Sloping Ground

[Steve Jones]

Chuck,
I can't imagine a 2% slope would make much difference.  I have two 500' Beverages in the mountains here and they drop off a good 100 feet. Or 20% slope.  They work well both directions.  Using the DXE reflection box at the lower end of each.  However instead of "good" soil mine is fractured sandstone or "very poor" soil.  That might help.
73,
Steve
N6SJ



-----Original Message-----
From: TowerTalk <towertalk-bounces at contesting.com> On Behalf Of Chuck Dietz
Sent: Wednesday, August 2, 2023 11:15 AM
To: Towertalk Reflector <towertalk at contesting.com>
Subject: [TowerTalk] Beverage on Sloping Ground

Am I correct in assuming that Beverage wires sloping downward from the feed point to the termination will work better than ones that slope upward? I have two places I would like to put bidirectional Beverages, but they are both on sloping ground. I’m wondering if it would be worth the effort to make them bidirectional or should I just go with unidirectional ones toward the downslope direction? Soil is good and the slope would be about 10’ or a little less in the 500’ or so lengths. They will be about 10’ high so the tractor will go under them. Quiet country local.

Chuck W5PR
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