It makes difference on regular ground.
Once I put up killer 1200 ft Beverages on a location on the top of
the hill, with slightly sloping ground around. First night in the
contest Inv Vee was beating them. Sloping terrain and long wires were
likely producing low angles, way too low for
It makes difference on regular ground.
Once I put up killer 1200 ft Beverages on a location on the top of the
hill, with slightly sloping ground around. First night in the contest
Inv Vee was beating them. Sloping terrain and long wires were likely
producing low angles, way too low for
Hi Jim,
As we move the turns closer, we increase the velocity factor too much. At
some point, the Slinky will receive off the opposite (feed) end. Tom
explains it at
www.w8ji.com/slinky_and_loaded_beverages.htm .
And I just found this, where K5UO seems to say that his Slinky was about 12
turns
topband@contesting.com
Sent: Monday, July 28, 2014 12:42 PM
Subject: Re: Topband: Length of Beverages
Hi Jim,
As we move the turns closer, we increase the velocity factor too much. At
some point, the Slinky will receive off the opposite (feed) end. Tom
explains it at
www.w8ji.com
: Richard (Rick) Karlquist rich...@karlquist.com
To: Mike Waters mikew...@gmail.com; topband topband@contesting.com
Sent: Saturday, July 26, 2014 11:13 PM
Subject: Re: Topband: Length of Beverages
On 7/26/2014 2:32 PM, Mike Waters wrote:
On my bucket list is a system for remotely changing
If I every put up a Slinky-style Beverage, I'm probably going to try #12 TW
solid insulated copper wire. Probably will close-wind it on a ~4 diameter
fixture made from PVC pipe, and then stretch it out along its rope support.
Any ballpark idea what the pitch should be?
73, Mike
www.w0btu.com
The best thing I ever did for Topband receiving was to lay out a 220 foot wire
on the ground pointed NE to Europe. I then put one down for 480 feet due West.
Switching from one to the other was dramatic. Because I could just hear
stations to the south but not copy them I put up a short
To: topband
Cc: Carl
Sent: Sunday, July 27, 2014 9:44 AM
Subject: Re: Topband: Length of Beverages
If I every put up a Slinky-style Beverage, I'm probably going to try #12 TW
solid insulated copper wire. Probably will close-wind it on a ~4 diameter
fixture made from PVC pipe, and then stretch
I'm planning on putting up some Beverages for the fall season...primarily
for use on 160. Unfortunately, they have to be taken down again in the
Spring for crops. The good news is they can be any length up to around
1200-1300 feet.
Many have said that around 880 ft is the sweet spot. Is
I'm sure it varies a lot from QTH to QTH, but here, over mostly volcanic
ash and sand, I could see significant difference between 800 foot and
1100 foot.
I never got around to trying longer than 1100 because I could not work
all that I could hear with those.
These days, being older and
crashes.
You can never have too many antennas...
73
Frank
W3LPL
- Original Message -
From: Cqtestk4xs--- via Topband topband@contesting.com
To: topband@contesting.com
Sent: Saturday, July 26, 2014 3:31:41 PM
Subject: Topband: Length of Beverages
I'm planning on putting up some
could be
used as an alternative.
73
Frank
W3LPL
- Original Message -
From: Cqtestk4xs--- via Topband topband@contesting.com
To: topband@contesting.com
Sent: Saturday, July 26, 2014 3:31:41 PM
Subject: Topband: Length of Beverages
I'm planning on putting up some Beverages
On Sat, Jul 26, 2014 at 10:39 AM, donov...@starpower.net wrote:
Longer Beverages provide narrower beamwidth, which reduces QRM or QRN that
would be received through the main lobe of a shorter Beverage
On my bucket list is a system for remotely changing the lengths of my two
2-wire Beverages
On 7/26/2014 2:32 PM, Mike Waters wrote:
On my bucket list is a system for remotely changing the lengths of my two
2-wire Beverages between 580 and ~800 feet long.
I actually tried this and discovered that any wire beyond
400 feet made no difference whatsoever. This is because
I am on
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