Hi Larry
I would vote for the 600 ft beverage and put it about 6 ft above the
ground. I added ferrite chokes to all my feedlines to remove any common
mode noise. I had chokes at the transformer end with its own ground rod
about 20 ft from the transformer and its ground rod. I had a second
cho
Hi Larry,
A 600 foot Beverage 6 feet is a superb topband receiving antenna,
especially if you're careful to prevent common mode signals
on the outside of the coaxial cable shield from entering the
coaxial cable feedline.
BOGs are good alternatives if you can't install a 500-600 foot
Bever
hi all,
living in Tucson where the ground conductivity is 15 (?) which would be the
better receiving antenna?
300 foot BOG
300 foot BOG elevated 3-4 inches above earth
600 foot beverage 6 feet above ground
note that i don't know what a lawn mower is either.
73,
larry
n7dd
-Original
Oh, cactus plants, huh? Your situation is simple - just tie the radial off to
the cactus.
Problem solved. Simple!
Rick K2XT
From: Topband on behalf of Wes Stewart
Sent: Thursday, June 7, 2018 10:23:33 PM
To: topband@contesting.com
Subject: Re: Topband: Bi
I want to see a barefoot child running around my cactus patch. And what, pray
tell, is a lawnmower?
Wes N7WS
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On 6/7/2018 1:29 PM, Rick Stealey wrote:
You should never use steel staples in the ground. Think for a minute. They
are sharp, rusty objects that stay a long time.
Many reasons not to be concerned.
First, with 100 inches of rain nothing that is non-galvanized steel last very
long in the acidic soil. After six months the staples are starting to
decompose and within a couple of years will be just stubble.
Second, with 100 inches of rain the grass really
You should never use steel staples in the ground. Think for a minute. They
are sharp, rusty objects that stay a long time. Imagine a barefoot child
playing in the area (after you are SK possibly). Imagine a lawn mower grabs a
piece of radial wire and jerks it out of the ground with wire stap
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Thanks all.
I have located a supplier of 1.5 mm building wire for a similar price as
mentioned. This will save me a couple hundred bucks and give me more robust
wire.
I have been looking at the various sources for details of a suitable radial
plow and will consider my options.
Close in to
Hi David
Yes, I use RBN for comparisons these days . . . often get reports from US
stations of more than 35dB over the noise! And obviously it's quite easy,
when some other British stations are on, to look at their reports and
compare.
And over the decades, I have done lots of comparisons, which
Roger
I wondered if you'd considered the inverted L with a folded counterpoise ala
K2AV. I'm seriously considering this with the 80m option for my very
limited garden and another site.
When doing your comparisons, do you use the RBN?
Sorry, can't comment on your soil conductivity query.
Davi
Well I did try an Inverted-L at one previous QTH Mike, but it was no better
for DX than my Dipole.
The trouble is that at this QTH I could never get a decent enough radial
system to make an Inverted-L work properly, as I don't have the space. (My
dipole goes outside my own property, but it's high
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