Interesting. The parallel lengths of wd1a on my beverages are spaced about four inches apart. I use the same DXE matching xformers I used with my DXE ladderline. 73, Jim w8zr
Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 12, 2020, at 2:27 PM, Mike Waters <[email protected]> wrote: > > The late Milt Jensen, N5IA successfully used that wire. It takes custom > matching transformers (which I made for him*), but he told me that those > Beverages worked just as well as his other, wide-spaced Beverages. > > AFAIK, his club still has those Beverages up. > > *I no longer sell them. > > 73, Mike > W0BTU > >> On Sun, Jan 12, 2020, 2:55 PM MU 4CX250B <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> John, I had exactly the same experience as you with the DXE 450 ohm >> ladderline. After two frustrating years of repairs, I finally switched >> it for WD-1/TT mil surplus field telephone wire. I now have four >> lengths of 720 ft each for my beverage antennas, which have been in >> the field for four years, with zero maintenance issues. >> >> On my beverages, the WD-1 is tied to a 4x4 post at each end, and >> routed loosely through holes in ceramic insulators spaced every 60 >> feet or so. The wire is indestructible, comes as a twisted pair in >> half-mile spools, and costs about $50 for an unused spool. I tie the >> twisted pair wires together to make a single conductor. It’s extremely >> strong, impervious to the elements, including the high winds and >> intense UV sunlight, here in NM at 7000 ft elevation. >> 73, >> Jim w8zr >> >> > _________________ > Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector _________________ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector
