That's a good question. :-)
Maybe it has something to do with the tension each one will stand. I think
that CW or plated steel fence wire will stand a lot more tensioning than
coax.
73, Mike
www.w0btu.com
On Fri, Nov 9, 2012 at 9:36 PM, Grant Saviers <grants2@pacbell.net> wrote:
> I'm not sure why the bidirectional coaxial cable Beveridge doesn't get
> more discussion. It is described in ON4UN's book, and seemed to work fine
> when I built one at a prior QTH, although it does take two feedlines from
> what would logically be the closest end to the shack. Given the price of
> RG6 and surplus RG58/59 it is easier and potentially cheaper than open wire
> feedline. Three transformers and no relays. (page 7-88 5th edition and
> earlier editions as well)
>
> Is there some reason that a pair of open wires are significantly better?
>
> Grant KZ1W
>
>
>
> On 11/9/2012 4:24 PM, Mike Waters wrote:
>
>> Have you ever thought of using a 2-wire bi-directional Beverage? They are
>> not complex at all. It only takes one more wire, two more simple
>> transformers, and one more run of coax. A remote relay and four extra
>> parts
>> even lets you use just one run of coax for both directions.
>>
>> If you run a single wire Beverage in the opposite direction, then you have
>> to put up twice as many supports (unless you have trees). But with a
>> two-wire Beverage, you can use the same supports for both directions.
>>
>> 73, Mike
>> http://www.w0btu.com/Beverage_**antennas.html<http://www.w0btu.com/Beverage_antennas.html>
>>
>> On Fri, Nov 9, 2012 at 3:00 PM, Buck wh7dx <wh7dx@hawaii.rr.com> wrote:
>>
>> Use RG-6 line in the future and run another Beverage in the opposite
>>> direction - NW.
>>>
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