Hi guys any other suggestion?
Maybe this is the reason why my EU direction bevs never worked fine... the ground rods are about 40cm from each other. What about using 1 radial in each direction attached to each ground rod? 73's Filipe Lopes CT1ILT - CR6K F4VPX - TM3M 2016-03-22 16:21 GMT+01:00 Filipe Lopes <[email protected]>: > Hi Don, > > Thanks for your reply. > > My bev system has 3 bevs starting from the same point, 330º , 0º and 45º. > > I understand what you mean but unfortunately I think the relays are not a > good solution for me because imagine I am doing SO2R, R1 on 160m using 45º > bev and R2 on 80m using 330º bev. This means 2 bevs from the same point > will be used, meaning 2 relays will be on... > > > > 73's Filipe Lopes > CT1ILT - CR6K > F4VPX - TM3M > > 2016-03-22 16:12 GMT+01:00 <[email protected]>: > >> 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 >> >> ------------------------------ >> *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
