[UK-CONTEST] BEVERAGE QUESTION

[Robin Thompson]

Don
>From my/our little experience of bent 160m beverages it seems to make little
difference - we used one a few years ago, similar length to yours, trailing
over and round bushes, across a wall, and in no way in a straight line
...probably even greater kinks than your 1m deviation Don - it enables us to
work 40 + Stateside stations that were inaudible on a large vertical ! 
Of course ,unless you have a straight one along side, it's difficult to do
an A / B test !

73
Robin
G3TKF
o/b/o G6YB group


> -----Original Message-----
> From: uk-contest-bounces at contesting.com [mailto:uk-contest-
> bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Chris G3SVL
> Sent: 16 February 2009 16:32
> To: Don Beattie; Uk-Contest at Contesting.Com
> Subject: Re: [UK-CONTEST] BEVERAGE QUESTION
> 
> At 16:03 16/02/2009, Don Beattie wrote:
> >In short, how straight does a Beverage need to be ? .....  For
> >example if I put up a 200m long beverage with a kink from side to
> >side of up to, say, 1 metre, would that be a reasonable antenna ?
> 
> Don,
> 
> Over the years there have been many discussions on the topband
> reflector about beverages in run straight lines, zig-zagged, over
> uneven ground, up hills, across valleys etc.  And the received wisdom
> is that with the small deviations you are suggesting it will  make
> very little difference .
> 
> I think the only real impact were if you were building phasing two
> staggered beverages - which will go like stink BTW - then consistent
> spacing is important along the length.  Your soil conductivity will
> probably have more effect than a 1m deviation.
> 
> I don't think EZNEC models beverages very well.
> 
> So go for it - or buy a chain saw ....
> 
> 73 Chris, G3SVL
> 
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