Thanks for all the replies received both direct and on this reflector.
The pretty much unanimous opinion seems to be that WD-1A will be good to use as
the Beverage elements.
I perhaps didn't make it clear that I am not using the wire as a reversible
Beverage, but as elements of parallel arrays. (I was upset when I couldn't hear
a couple of expeditions last season :-)
I already have a lot of Beverage antennas, mostly using copper hook-up wire.
Those work well, but I have to regularly repair breaks. I am now using the W8JI
technique with the WD-1A with the tensioned wire passing through electric fence
insulators. Quite a lot of work in the bush with several billion mosquitoes and
black flies helping me, but hopefully it will be worth it.
Thanks again to all
73 Roger
VE3ZI
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