Topband: New beverage

2013-05-16 Thread Ron Spencer
After looking at their literature it appears to me that this is nothing more then two beverages, one in each direction, with the feed unit being, perhaps, a couple relays. I don't see the merit in using RG6 as the beverage wire: its heavy, will need more supports, and compared to other

Re: Topband: New beverage

2013-05-16 Thread Joe Subich, W4TV
Electronically both directions are full length ... I suspect the design is similar to the one shown about half way down the page here: http://kw2p.blogspot.com/2010/08/kw2p-beverage-antenna-designs.html 73, ... Joe, W4TV On 5/16/2013 1:19 PM, Ron Spencer wrote: After looking at their

Re: Topband: New beverage

2013-05-16 Thread Tom W8JI
After looking at their literature it appears to me that this is nothing more then two beverages, one in each direction, with the feed unit being, perhaps, a couple relays. I don't see the merit in using RG6 as the beverage wire: its heavy, will need more supports, and compared to other

Re: Topband: New beverage

2013-05-16 Thread Herb Schoenbohm
Good quality flooded RG-6 laying on the ground (BOG) might be an easy install like before contests at some locations. However I have no idea on how this would perform compared to an elevated version. If the directivety is maintained and the S/N ratio is still usable then such a concept

Re: Topband: New beverage

2013-05-16 Thread John Kaufmann
Go to http://exax.net/index.html and scroll down the page to center fed steerable wave antenna. The diagram shows how you can feed a 2-wire Beverage in the center, or anywhere along its length. The two transformers in the middle have center taps that pass signal currents from one side of the

Re: Topband: New beverage

2013-05-16 Thread Tom W8JI
Go to http://exax.net/index.html and scroll down the page to center fed steerable wave antenna. The diagram shows how you can feed a 2-wire Beverage in the center, or anywhere along its length. The two transformers in the middle have center taps that pass signal currents from one side of the