My first beverage, I was expecting better results. I could only roll out 250 feet of new, insulated 14 gauge stranded wire, but I did get it consistently about 6 feet above ground. The ground slopes
Additional notes: EU stations that I can hear S7 on the 80 meter half-square, are reduced to NIL on the beverage. I can hear some US stations to the NE. My first beverage, I was expecting better resu
Hi Mark, 250ft is VERY short for a TB Beverage. You will get some F/B, but the front lobe will be very broad. Can you extend it at all, maybe asking some kind neighbours to use a bit of their land? 5
Most will mention 250 feet is too short and that might be the reason as it will not match 9:1 or that 450 Ohm resistor. A working beverage is easy to recognize as the noise drops to zero and signals
Sounds like "maybe" something is not working. If you have an antenna analyzer can you do a sweep from 160 up to 40 m? There should be a relatively flat SWR over the whole range. Without the far end t
That seems consistent with a half wave beverage having a really really high takeoff angle. Something on the order of 70 degrees, IIRC... *googles around* Ahhh, there is the web page with that info: h
Hi Rick, Obviously something is very wrong with your new Beverage. While your Beverage is too short for really good performance on 160 meters, it should perform very well on 80 and 40 meters. Please
Hello, Mark and others! I agree with others that your BV is too short, but ?. What is your grounding system? How long a grounding rods? What kind of ground surface do you have over there? I would be
Author: Mike Waters W0BTU <mrscience65704@yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2011 13:30:20 -0800 (PST)
Mark, It IS short on 160, but it sure ought to work a little. And it should most certainly work on 80. I would look at the grounds, for starters. A single ground rod at each end wouldn't work right h
First, thanks to ALL on this list who responded. I received more than 20 replies with suggestions and guidance. Second, I used my MFJ-259 to measure the SWR from the shack. I was shocked at what I fo
Author: Mike Waters W0BTU <mrscience65704@yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2011 22:09:24 -0800 (PST)
When you first drive in a ground rod, it does not make contact with the area near the surface very well. The area near the surface is more important than what is happening farther down, as far as RF
Author: Mike Waters W0BTU <mrscience65704@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2011 00:55:49 -0800 (PST)
http://www.seed-solutions.com/gregordy/Amateur%20Radio/Experimentation/Beverage.htm http://www.seed-solutions.com/gregordy/images/BevSchem.gif shows grounds at both ends of the coax. That is not a go
Author: Mike Waters W0BTU <mrscience65704@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2011 03:58:14 -0800 (PST)
Mark, I went back and studied Greg Ordy's page at http://www.seed-solutions.com/gregordy/Amateur%20Radio/Experimentation/Beverage.htm at length. From his chart and animated GIF, it appears that merel
Just a few comments to Mark WD4ELG: I too have a single short Beverage, about 350' over clay soil and sloping up a hill to the west, fed with about a quarter mile of RG58. It's really too short for t
Hi All, I'm sure that the Epsom salts trick works well, but seems to require quite a high level of maintenance. At my remote Rx site I use multiple ground rods to terminate my Beverages. I find that
Mark, While "The Benchmark Beverage" makes interesting reading, it conflicts significantly with years of practical Topband experience. The credibility of "The Benchmark Beverage" suffers badly becaus