November's QST has an article on the Beverage antenna and how it operates. FYI. 73 deGene Smar AD3F
Sent from my Radio Shack TRS-80 model 100 laptop On Fri, Nov 12, 2021 at 9:43 AM, Bruce Campbell<[email protected]> wrote: Great article Wes. it says it well. Ron, look at the explanation in that article about traveling-wave antenna vs Standing wave. 73, Bruce, W8HW *Traveling-Wave Antennas* The Beverage antenna is a traveling-wave antenna because it never has standing waves from reflections from the ends of the wire. As a result, it’s also non- resonant, and the antenna dimensions aren’t required to be a specific fraction or multiple of the signal wave- length. Beverages work well over a fairly wide frequency range where they’re between about 3⁄4and 5 λlong, with good performance around 1 to 2 λ. ========================= On 11/12/2021 9:08 AM, Wes wrote: > http://www.arrl.org/files/file/QST/This%20Month%20in%20QST/2021/11%20November%202021/Silver%20Donovan.pdf > > > > On 11/12/2021 6:26 AM, Ron Spencer via Topband wrote: >> I recently read, from Tom, W8JI, that the beverage antenna is >> vertically polarized. I'm hoping someone might explain this to me. >> Intuitively seems it would be horizontal. >> >> >> From here: http://w8ji.com/polarization_and_diversity.htm >> >> >> >> Under Best diversity receive antennas. >> >> >> >> Thanks >> >> >> >> Ron >> >> N4XD >> Sent using https://www.zoho.com/mail/ >> _________________ >> 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
