Since my 600-900' Beverages show excellent directivity all the way down to the LWBC Band Id say give short ones a try.
Since Im also the one who started the Slinky Beverage "craze" in the 80's and picked up in early editions of the ON4UN book I can highly recommend them for the space challenged. Five of the full size ones stretched over 150' approximates a full wave on 160. Termination over poor ground is 1200 Ohms here. I used the cheap steel ones and replaced about every 18-24 months; you could also paint them. Brass ones are supposedly only available thru one Ebay seller and they arent cheap. Carl KM1H ----- Original Message ----- From: "GeorgeWallner" <[email protected]> To: "topband" <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, November 12, 2011 11:34 PM Subject: Re: Topband: Beverage is down > > On Sat, 12 Nov 2011 12:35:39 -0600 > Mike Waters <[email protected]> wrote: >>> I don't know how it will work on 160 being only 150' >>long. > > At 150' it is really not long enough to work as a Beverage > on 160 meters (a Beverage needs to be 1 x wavelenght long, > or more, indeed, 3 to 5 times more). That antenna, > however, may still be a good low noise RX antenna, and > thus useful. So try it. It sure could be a great RX > antenna for 80, 40 and 30 meters. If you have more space, > make it longert. If not, lay it on the ground, as a BOG, > which can be a lot shorter for a similar pattern, but with > lower gain. (i.e. you may need a pre-aplifier). > > GL es 73, > > George, AA7JV > _______________________________________________ > UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK > > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 10.0.1411 / Virus Database: 2092/4013 - Release Date: 11/12/11 > _______________________________________________ UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK
