VE6WZ has some good ideas for a Beverage in dense woods here
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ueHgrszoq6A 73 Frank W3LPL ----- Original Message ----- From: "Fred Moeves" <fmoe...@twc.com> To: topband@contesting.com Sent: Saturday, May 9, 2020 10:49:36 PM Subject: Re: Topband: 2 wire reversible Beverage- KF4ITA Mikek Thanks to everyone with some very good advice and good ideas I am now looking for a good place to buy the WD1-TT. I would like to get some even if I don't use it for this Beverage. I found one place looked pretty good I will call them Monday. I am installing the antenna in a much wooded area so I’m thinking that the military wire might be better. Also I have wound (2) 6.25:1 transformers and (1) 1:1 reflection transformer using the info from Mike’s (W0BTU) site. I assume these transformers will work with any of the 2 wire Beverages that's been discussed here in previous posts. Ken you are correct I am probably over thinking this thing. The first 1 wire Beverage I built I was very surprised how well it worked. I now have two Beverages up and both work great here 40m to 160m sometime even on 20m. It opened up a whole new world for me. Thanks again everyone 73 Fred KB4QZH On 5/9/2020 2:44 PM, MU 4CX250B wrote: > I use two lengths of WD1/TT (twisted pair), with the strands in each > length twisted together. The two lengths are parallel, separated by > about 4.5 inches, and threaded loosely through a hole in a ceramic > insulator screwed into opposing faces of wood 4x4s. The 4x4s stick out > of the ground seven feet and are spaced 60ft apart. The ceramic > insulators cost about $1/ea at a farm supply company. I think I paid > about $50 for unused half mile spools of the WD1/TT. > > The WD1/TT parallel lengths are about 720 ft long, with a pulley at > the far end to equalize the tension. I realize this is not a practical > possibility for many top/banders (I have a desert QTH) but I mention > it to tout the virtues of WD1/TT and its variants. It is cheap, > extremely durable, and much stronger and reliable than ladder line, > RG6, or single conductor household wire. In my opinion it is perfect > beverage wire. > 73, > Jim w8zr > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On May 9, 2020, at 11:15 AM, Mikek <a...@knology.net> wrote: >> >> That brings up the question, can you use a tightly coupled pair for a >> reversible Beverage? >> And would WD-1 wire work? >>> http://www.signalcenter.com/commo/wire/wireinfo/wdwireinfo.html >> Mikek KF4ITA >> >> >> _________________ >> Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector > _________________ > Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector _________________ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector _________________ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector