Jim / Don, thanks you both for your input. Albeit brief, I now have food for thought and some bedtime reading to do on Beverage antennas . ((((73)))) Milverton / W9MMS.
From: Jim Brown <j...@audiosystemsgroup.com> To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Saturday, July 18, 2015 7:20 PM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 Below 500 KHz RX Antenna I don't completely agree with that. I have a pair of 2-wire Beverages that are approximately one wavelength on 160M. I use them on the AM broadcast band and find them quite effective as RX antennas. They are not as directional on the low end of the band, but they still have SOME directivity, and with the DX Eng preamp, they are quite sensitive. After installing my new synth boards in the radio with the KBPF and doing the mods, I tried listening down to 100 kHz. Around mid-day, I had good copy of a CW beacon about 125 miles away. These antennas are too short to be called Beverages at those low frequencies, but they do work well as RX antennas. 73, Jim K9YC On Sat,7/18/2015 2:55 PM, Don Wilhelm wrote: > Not practical for LF reception. > > While the beverage is an excellent and directional receive antenna, it > must be at least 1 wavelength long to be effective, longer is better. ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to tnny...@yahoo.com ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com