After months of trying to get rid of an old tree that came down, I decided to just put the Beverage back up and deal with the tree root later. One thing, it is not a good idea to let a Beverage lay dormant for a year and let it get over run by brambles. I found a break and replaced some of the wire, and untangled it, cut away the branches and brambles in the way, and I have it back. Took about an hour one day (ran out of daylight), and three hours yesterday. I am scratched up a bit, but other than that, okay. The Beverage works as good as ever, but I have found the noise level has increased. One thing I forgot I had were a couple RF choke boxes John Bryant suggested I build to stabilize the antenna coax coming in. I had disconnected those a while back, and I found running the coax through that knocked the noise level way down. I will see what difference it makes during the day when signals are lower. But the Beverage does work fine. 740 is a jumble mess nulling KCBS. I notice d a strong KJRB 790, which is odd as they are supposed to null the West. I have not heard them in years. Caught them running Oldies. But at least I do have one my antennas back up an running.
Patrick Patrick Martin Seaside OR KGED QSL Manager _______________________________________________ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
