Hello Dave, I have not tried that, because I heard a number of well-known Beverage antenna experts report that it doesn't help at all. It actually hurts the performance.
A Beverage antenna requires lossy ground under it in order for that low-angle directional pattern to form. That is why Beverages erected over a highly conductive salt marsh do not work well, if at all. I was told by one of Vik's ham neighbors (KM1H, Carl) who regularly drives by his house that Misek himself no longer uses them. Such an antenna can work to *some* degree because the Beverage can still "see" the lossy earth on either side of the wire on the ground. 73, Mike http://www.w0btu.com/Beverage_antennas.html On Sat, Oct 12, 2019, 3:53 PM Artek Manuals <[email protected]> wrote: > In reading Misek/ W1WCR Beverage Antenna Handbook. He often uses a ground > return wire tying the ground rods together at each end ( except for BOGs) > with an insulated wire on top of the ground. Reading ON4UN Low Band DXing I > did not see any Beverages with the ground return wire ! ?! > > So here is the question has any one done it both ways and what is the > net affect (if any) with and without the ground return wire under the > same Beverage. > > Dave > NR1DX > > _________________ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector
