----- Original Message ----- From: "Bruce" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, July 22, 2012 2:38 PM Subject: Topband: Beverage
> At low impedance, the impedance can double in inches* of spacing change , > at > high impedance doubling the impedance takes a lot of spacing change, > > Electric Fence wire can be mounted vertically to eliminate cross arms. > I believe the problem with that was covered in one of ON4UN's books or elsewhere. > Harold Beverage ran the Belfast Beverage spaced horizontally, and > transposed frequently. No need to do so now. Transposing, aka twisting, is automatic with most of the 2 wire cables in use.W8JI and others claim it improves the balance. All I know is that my 2 wire Beverages have better F/R than the old single ones and they have plenty of twists all on their own when installing. Carl KM1H > > *Inch/inches depending upon starting impedance and wire sizes. > > 73 > Bruce-K1FZ > > >> Thats fine for single wire installs, making and installing spacers for a >> 2 >> wire is a pain and likely far from a perfect balance. >> >> Carl >> KM1H >> > > _______________________________________________ > UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK > > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 10.0.1424 / Virus Database: 2437/5147 - Release Date: 07/22/12 > _______________________________________________ UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK
