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From: N5TY - Ken<mailto:Ken_N5TY@alltel.net>
To: topband@contesting.com<mailto:topband@contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, August 08, 2005 8:53 PM
Subject: Topband: Antenna Comments Please
Hi,
Various construction projects have required removal of all of my 880'
beverages. The new beverage footprint needs to shrink into a smaller area.
Here is what I am considering at the moment:
3- 550' two-wire switchable-direction beverages made from 450 ohm open
feedline. Using reflection transformers as described in ON4UN's handbook.
Further on the NE/SW beverage add a staggered beverage for the NE direction at
least
Ken, I think you will find the 550 footers quite useful, and without the
ability to do a real-time a/b test, you may not notice the difference. Although
most of my beverages are longer, I still have several 580 footers that I do not
change and use them as reference antennas. They still work.
John K9DX
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