Re: Topband: (2wire) Beverage transformers

2021-01-03 Thread Grant Saviers
ted to know. HNY Lee  K7TJR  OR From: Mike Waters Sent: Saturday, January 2, 2021 11:44 AM To: Lee K7TJR Cc: HA3LN ; topband Subject: Re: Topband: (2wire) Beverage transformers Lee, What kind of wire do you use that allows that many turns (4t and 16t)? 73 Mike W0BTU On Sat, Jan 2, 2021,

Re: Topband: (2wire) Beverage transformers

2021-01-03 Thread HA3LN
...thanks Luke, then I stop gold plating... ;-) One of the new directions is pointing dedicated to VK/ZL hope I can catch you in the CQ160m. 73! Csaba On 2021-01-03 1:39, List Mail wrote: "The best I could reach now on 160m is - SWR: 1:1.29 (Rs=40.4 Ohms, Xs=-5.4 Ohms) vs. in 2019: - SWR:

Re: Topband: (2wire) Beverage transformers

2021-01-03 Thread HA3LN
gmail.com>> Sent: Saturday, January 2, 2021 1:54 PM To: Lee STRAHAN mailto:k7...@msn.com>> Cc: HA3LN mailto:l...@ha3ln.hu>>; Mike Waters mailto:mikew...@gmail.com>>; topband mailto:topband@contesting.com>> Subject: Re: Topband: (2wire) Beverage transformers Hi Lee

Re: Topband: (2wire) Beverage transformers

2021-01-03 Thread HA3LN
could not get much better in my opinion. Apparently he thought it could be better. All is good HNY Lee K7TJR OR From: Don Kirk Sent: Saturday, January 2, 2021 1:54 PM To: Lee STRAHAN Cc: HA3LN ; Mike Waters ; topband Subject: Re: Topband: (2wire) Beverage transformers Hi Lee, Csaba also

Re: Topband: (2wire) Beverage transformers

2021-01-03 Thread HA3LN
Lee K7TJR OR From: Mike Waters Sent: Saturday, January 2, 2021 11:44 AM To: Lee K7TJR Cc: HA3LN ; topband Subject: Re: Topband: (2wire) Beverage transformers Lee, What kind of wire do you use that allows that many turns (4t and 16t)? 73 Mike W0BTU On Sat, Jan 2, 2021, 1:37 PM Lee STRAHAN >

Re: Topband: (2wire) Beverage transformers

2021-01-02 Thread List Mail
"The best I could reach now on 160m is - SWR: 1:1.29 (Rs=40.4 Ohms, Xs=-5.4 Ohms) vs. in 2019: - SWR: 1:1.16 (Rs=43.2 Ohms, Xs=-1.6 Ohms)" If I can get those matches on a *transmitting* antenna, I am very satisfied! I built three 2-wire beverages using W0BTU's design (single coax) and

Re: Topband: (2wire) Beverage transformers

2021-01-02 Thread Lee STRAHAN
To: Lee STRAHAN Cc: HA3LN ; Mike Waters Subject: Re: Topband: (2wire) Beverage transformers Hi Lee, I don’t think he needed any tools (formulas, etc.), he is just trying to figure out why his recently made transformer does match closer to one he made a year ago. He too agrees that the SWR

Re: Topband: (2wire) Beverage transformers

2021-01-02 Thread Lee STRAHAN
; topband Subject: Re: Topband: (2wire) Beverage transformers Hi Lee, Csaba also refers to this transformer as T2 and based on what he has said so far I suspect he is constructing something similar to the two direction beverage shown in figure 7-115 in the 5th edition of Low-Band DXing. And T2

Re: Topband: (2wire) Beverage transformers

2021-01-02 Thread Don Kirk
room but require >> more turns usually for 160 meter stuff. All this probably more than you >> wanted to know. HNY >> Lee K7TJR OR >> >> From: Mike Waters >> Sent: Saturday, January 2, 2021 11:44 AM >> To: Lee K7TJR >> Cc: HA3LN ; topband >

Re: Topband: (2wire) Beverage transformers

2021-01-02 Thread Don Kirk
nt: Saturday, January 2, 2021 11:44 AM > To: Lee K7TJR > Cc: HA3LN ; topband > Subject: Re: Topband: (2wire) Beverage transformers > > Lee, > > What kind of wire do you use that allows that many turns (4t and 16t)? > > 73 Mike > W0BTU > > On Sat, Jan 2, 2021,

Re: Topband: (2wire) Beverage transformers

2021-01-02 Thread Mike Waters
aturday, January 2, 2021 11:44 AM > *To:* Lee K7TJR > *Cc:* HA3LN ; topband > *Subject:* Re: Topband: (2wire) Beverage transformers > > Lee, > > What kind of wire do you use that allows that many turns (4t and 16t)? > > 73 Mike W0BTU > > On Sat, Jan 2, 2021, 1:

Re: Topband: (2wire) Beverage transformers

2021-01-02 Thread Lee STRAHAN
you wanted to know. HNY Lee K7TJR OR From: Mike Waters Sent: Saturday, January 2, 2021 11:44 AM To: Lee K7TJR Cc: HA3LN ; topband Subject: Re: Topband: (2wire) Beverage transformers Lee, What kind of wire do you use that allows that many turns (4t and 16t)? 73 Mike W0BTU On Sat, Jan 2

Re: Topband: (2wire) Beverage transformers

2021-01-02 Thread Mike Waters
f Of > HA3LN > Sent: Saturday, January 2, 2021 4:59 AM > To: topband@contesting.com > Subject: Topband: (2wire) Beverage transformers > > Hi All and HNY for 2021. > > Preparing for the CQ160m with new (2 coax) 2-wire beverages to cover the > missing azimuthal gaps based on LBD

Re: Topband: (2wire) Beverage transformers

2021-01-02 Thread Lee STRAHAN
. Lee K7TJR OR -Original Message- From: Topband On Behalf Of HA3LN Sent: Saturday, January 2, 2021 4:59 AM To: topband@contesting.com Subject: Topband: (2wire) Beverage transformers Hi All and HNY for 2021. Preparing for the CQ160m with new (2 coax) 2-wire beverages to cover the missing

Topband: (2wire) Beverage transformers

2021-01-02 Thread HA3LN
Hi All and HNY for 2021. Preparing for the CQ160m with new (2 coax) 2-wire beverages to cover the missing azimuthal gaps based on LBDX. The first 2x Bevs worked great back in last Jan. Now I have difficulties with reaching good imped match with the T2 transformer (responsible to transform the