Is anyone here also experiencing this? Here's another one. It is now 2:30 PM
CST
January 17, and the post below, sent two days ago, just came in within the last
hour. I'm trying to determine whether it is my e-mail provider or the
contesting.com server.
About all that comes in on this yahoo.co
Howdy from NM,
It appears to me that once more the term "ground" has led
someone astray, and most likely it was some of us old time Topbanders
that caused it.
Mark, WD4ELG, recently said, "I thought bev worked with poor
ground." In one sense, most of us would agree--a Bevera
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 because its based entirely on an
undisclosed computer model not benchmarked to the measured performanc
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 using 3 rods, then
bringing the termination resistance back up to the 500 ohm that it
should
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 top-band, but it does work. Myself and some other Gs have been carrying out
daily long path test
Anyone used an Isotron for 160 RX and have any comments?
Rick, N6PE
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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 merely adding
another 25 or 50 feet onto your 250' Beverage might do wonders for it on 160.
(Having
From: Rik van Riel
To: topband@contesting.com
Sent: Sun, January 16, 2011 8:39:44 AM
Subject: Re: Topband: First attempt at beverage antenna, not working as expected
On 01/15/2011 09:44 PM, Mark Lunday wrote:
http://www.seed-solutions.com/gregordy/Amateur%20Radio/Experimentation/Beverage.htm
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Thanks for the guidance with my inverted L back in October and November (it
is ALL about RADIALS, RADIALS, RADIALS)
>From here in North Carolina in the past two nights, I worked OH, OZ, ON, OE,
PA, HA, 9A, S5. All with ease and good S5 or better in all cases. Tonight
I had a bit more QRN from st
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 is concerned.
I even poured some wet Epsom Salts down in the gap besides that rod. People
will
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 found. Instead of 2:1 or less from 160-40, I had 8:1 SWR. This
indicates a fundamental issue with
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