I run my Beverages at ten feet above the ground. We have an abundance of deer and coyotes here, but I don't think I've ever lost a Beverage wire to a deer, or vice versa. Instead, I have frequent dam
My Beverages (which are around 300 feet long) are 8 to 10 feet high because of the _people_ who walk in my woods. My Beverages -- though somewhat shorter -- are quite effective compared to my 1-eleme
Minor impact. I have a dirt / gravel driveway, and we have some really tall delivery trucks on it from time to time, plus I didn't trust the wire to not sag, thanks to an ice storm or falling branch
I remove the sharp tip of the stock arrow and then tape four or five "framing" nails with large-ish heads around the blunt tip. Of course, the nails should be oriented so their heads are at the tip o
Each of my three Beverages (NE, NW, W) is approximately 250 to 300 feet long because of similar space limitations. Because my TX vertical is omnidirectional, I find my Beverages to be extremely usefu
And there's an expanded write-up about phased verticals in the new, 5th edition, c. 2011. Bud, W2RU _______________________________________________ UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK
The origin of the multipliers for the ARRL 160 contest is in the ARRL Field Organization structure at the time the contest came into existence. Back then, the Canadian "sections" were an integral par
W2BC (W2RU, operator) 2011 ARRL 160 Contest SO HP Not content with the havoc he wreaked on CQ WW CW weekend, Murphy made a return visit for the ARRL 160 Contest. Memo to self: Never schedule an out-o
Many shunt-fed, loaded towers on 160 exhibit narrow bandwidth and are difficult to match with a single series capacitor for one simple reason: The gamma rod (shunt wire) is TOO CLOSE to the tower. A
My Northwest Beverage does exactly what you are proposing. It crosses a shared gravel driveway that leads to my home. Fortunately, there are small trees on each side of the driveway (in fact, they ho
Before jumping to the conclusion that miles and miles of copper are needed under a grounded monopole, here's what I think should be inferred from these two graphs: 1. Very, very short verticals (as a
I think you missed the parenthetical portion of my sentence: "of REASONABLE electrical length". No argument there. The ground losses and the radiation resistance of the vertical monopole form a volta
Greg Your aluminum foil fix possibly eliminates direct radiation (from the SSD) as the noise source, but says nothing about conducted noise from the power cord (or other cables going in and out) of t
Herb (& others) I struggled to keep my 160- and 80-meter RF out of my DSL equipment for a number of years. Multiple turns of all cables in/out of the DSL modem (Siemens Speedstream) on #31ferrites, e
Nice chart. Another free USA-centric one that I like is: thunderstorm.vaisala.com/explorer.html For the entire world at a glance I have bookmarked: wwlln.net/TOGA_network_global_maps.htm I'm sure the
And, pray tell, how does a W or VE solicit "international QSOs" in that segment? IF (and I emphasize the IF) such a rule is desired, wouldn't it be smarter to have it read something along the lines o
I've seen lots of reference to Kraus, Brown et al., and others in this discussion, but this is the first time I've seen anyone trot out a philosopher to support their position regarding radials. I wo
I tried that, too, but I wasn't able to swing the pipe around fast enough before the squirrels ran away.... Bud, W2RU _________________ Topband Reflector
Whatever the ARRL intent may have been, the wording of that particular rule is defective, and has been for as long as I can remember. Consider: How does one _start_ an "intercontinental QSO"? Usually