Hi Kenny. You're biggest bang for the buck with two Beverages in Echelon will occur if you also install a variable phase controller such as a DX Engineering NCC-2
73 Frank W3LPL -----Original Message----- From: Topband [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Kenny Silverman Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2022 4:07 PM To: topband Subject: Topband: Beverage upgrade question In a rural area with no significant man made noise, if you redesign a beverage for better RDF when do you start to notice a difference? I’m considering upgrading my single EU beverage at 625’ (190m) to a pair in echelon where will each be 550’ (168m) with 20’ (6m) spacing . The increase in RDF is 0.8 dB - will it be noticeable? I realize if there’s noise in a direction where you reduce the energy you will better hear the difference , but my EU beverage is quiet. Though the F/B change will help with thunder storms off the back. Overall I tend to receive better than I transmit to EU. 73 , Kenny K2KW _________________ 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
