Re: Topband: Bi-Directional Beverage Question

2011-08-10 Thread K4RO Kirk Pickering
On Tue, Aug 09, 2011 at 02:34:19PM -0500, Phil Clements wrote: Sure enough, the DX Engineering brand has the labels off-set to one side, so that it can be plainly seen which side is which! My beverage ladder lines also have a readable label. My convention is: Reading it right-side up, the

Re: Topband: MA160V SWR/match

2011-08-10 Thread jcjacobsen
Paul N0AH, is having fun tuning his MA160V vertical antenna: snip Now, do I just use the Pro's III tuner or the Amidon UnUn to minimize SWR at the feedpoint- snip Paul, You could also try 10 or 12 turns of #12 or 14 gauge wire, 2 diam across the feed point and ground. Spread/compress

Re: Topband: Bi-Directional Beverage Question

2011-08-10 Thread Mike Waters
So other than phasing two Beverages, has anyone found a reason why DX Engineering does this? 73, Mike http://www.w0btu.com/Beverage_antennas.html On Tue, Aug 9, 2011 at 3:18 PM, K4RO Kirk Pickering k...@k4ro.net wrote: On Tue, Aug 09, 2011 at 02:34:19PM -0500, Phil Clements wrote: Sure