When I was lucky enough to get by with running a 1200 foot Beverage on the rocks about 15-20 feet from the sea across about ten properties, all it took on either end was a 20 foot wire soldered to a copper plate with a big rock on top in shallow water. Best RX antenna I’ve ever had.
I would think attaching the termination resister to a long wire (quarter wavelength or more?) in the same direction as the Beverage wire would be good enough. I seriously doubt you would actually notice a difference between that and either a ground rod or multiple wires fanned out. 73…Stan, ZF9CW > On Mar 8, 2024, at 6:32 PM, Steve Harrison <[email protected]> wrote: > When on a DXpedition, and Beverages are quickly tossed and laid out > within several hours, how is the termination resistor "grounded" at the > far end, and the transformer at the near end; with counterpoises, ground > rods, or what? > > And with either of those, how long and how many wires for the > counterpoises, and/or how many and how long the ground rod?? > > I've seen photos of expeditioners laying out Beverage wire through, over > and under thickets full of brambles and thorny bushes; but never have I > seen them laying out counterpoises or pounding in ground rods. > > Curious Steve, K0XP > > > _________________ > Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector _________________ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector
