Hi Felipe,
As W4ZV noted in his posting, three meter ground rod spacing was not enough when he brought multiple Beverages to a common point. A much better solution is to use inexpensive hermetically sealed relays to connect only the selected Beverage to a single ground rod. 73 Frank W3LPL ----- Original Message ----- From: "Filipe Lopes" <[email protected]> To: "k1fz" <[email protected]>, "topband" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2016 1:17:51 PM Subject: Re: Topband: : Re: 1 center point to ground all 8 beverages?? what about 7 ground rods 20cm apart, will it do ? 73's Filipe Lopes CT1ILT - CR6K F4VPX - TM3M 2016-03-22 14:09 GMT+01:00 K1FZ-Bruce <[email protected]>: > > ----- Forwarded message from K1FZ-Bruce ----- > > Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2016 09:04:06 -0400 > From: K1FZ-Bruce > Reply-To: [email protected] > Subject: Topband: Fwd: Re: 1 center point to ground all 8 beverages?? > To: Topband > > I agree. We have been thinking of switching at the coax cable location. > Will need to correct my Beverage notes page. > > The W4ZV and W3LPL method will work. > > 73 > Bruce-K1FZ > > www.qsl.net/k1fzbeverage_antenna.html > > http://www,qsl.net/k1fz/beverage_antenna.html > > > ----- Forwarded message from Bill Tippett ----- > > Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2016 05:19:48 -0400 > From: Bill Tippett > Reply-To: Bill Tippett > Subject: Re: Topband: 1 center point to ground all 8 beverages?? > To: topband > > W3LPL: > > >Another solution is to use > relays to connect only the selected Beverage to the ground rod > and disconnect the other seven. > > I've done this for 31 years from 3 different locations with no problems. > From a 2011 post on this subject: > > _________________ > Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband > > ----- End forwarded message ----- > > _________________ > Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband
