> Ive seen some amazing signal reports here for Beverages - S9+ reports from
> DX ... Im a bit confused tho - is that type of signal level plausible from
> a true Beverage antenna??
All of my Beverages are about 15-20 dB below the signal level of
my verticals. Some DX signals are strong enough at times to
exceed S-9 with no preamplifiers.
Most people use receiver preamplifiers on Beverages, I use 12 dB
gain high dynamic range high intercept amplifiers with CATV
transistors (2N5109's or LT1001's in push-pull). Noise figure is
unimportant, as long it is better than several dB but intercept is
critical to prevent IMD in a broadband system.
73, Tom W8JI
w8ji@contesting.com
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