Good afternoon to ALL! I am getting ready to put up a beverage for top band. I have decided that I want to put up a two wire system using window line because of the ease of assembly. I am not sure
For the last 40 plus years now I have been using copper water pipe as part of my ground system. Since my old pipe had eroded , coroded and otherwise deteriorated I decided to remove it and install a
I use an inverted L here but it goes to within 6 inches of the ground. total length is about 160ft with about 70 vertical. I use a homebrew variable cap to match it. My radials are 4 loaded radial
Jerry, I started with one radial.. and added inductance here the radial connected to the base of the antenna.. wish I remembered what valuee I used .. but I dont. then trimmed the radial I had pre
OK, After surveying my property and getting permission from the neighbor to use his property I have decided that in order to get a beverage pointed to about 35 - 45 deg. (from MD) and keep the beve
Tom, I only have about 491 ft of window line and thats what I am using for the two direction beverage. Placement is in part dictated by the hill but mostly the rationalle for the 300 or so feet fro
Ok.. the window line is run in as straight of a line as I gan manage.. wow what a bunch of brush in the back 40! Now for the big question... Is it better to mount the transformer near the ground stak
OK the Beverage is up, transformers installed, and coax hooked up. Let me refresh everyone memory - I put up a 490 ft window line beverage which turns out to be headed 30deg magnetic (best I c
George, Thanks for taking the time reply.. and yes you understand.. like I told another respondee its about technical excellence and understanding ! Ya gotta understand why your doing something. M
Gary, Yep.. it applies to reactance.. but I am not quite sure that the 1:1 is working and I need to run the swr curve on the antenna to verify if it is correct or not. I agree it was a little har
Gary, I had this problem once when I used the wrong connections.. the ones I had were for RG-59 instead of RG-6 Check carefully they look alike if unsure get new ones Jim Message: 2 Date: Mon, 12 Dec
Tom, I have been w atching the spotting networks lately. I think much of the problem is that many stations now use directional antennas what with all the Flag, Pennant and K9AY antennas now being u
Tree, Thanks for clarifying your position... like many I dont want to be censored and I promise not to assisanate too many characters. First of all I love CW.. I was a navy radioman and I enjoy CW go
Jose: I have been a ham for a long while having seen the transition from tube to transistorized rigs. Although I have an amp the only time I find it necessary is when working DX on 160 much of the re
Gentleman, Happy New Year. I want to take this time to let everyone know that my efforts to install a Beverage have met with success and thank all those who took the time to aid in my efforts. One
Brian, I currently have a very high power line noise (the electric company is trying to find it) that is why I mostly use a techique I call scan and pounce (at my age I cant pounce too hard though) w
I have been a ham for almost 46 years now and having been on 160 off an on for much of that time. Tonight I saw something that I had not really seen on 160 and kinda ticked me off big time; some idio
Geee guys, I would be sorry I even made the original post except that no matter how bad a stations signal is technically that is no reason to intentionally jam him. It is just plain stupid you will
This has probably already been asked on here.. geeze I hope it doesnt start another gripefest. But I am wondering with the cost of QSL cards, postage etc Why dont more people working DX (especially
I have been reading the responses to my previous post on LOTW and find some of them curiously interesting. First I am at a point in my life that I wont want any more clutter. Second and more importa